Meaning not yet researched.
Alva: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 22 in 2025. Its best rank was #334 in 1896.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #334 in 1896; #5,567 in 2025. About 79% of babies named Alva in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#5,567 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1896, at #334.
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Alva: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 22 girls in 2025. Peak: #334 in 1896 · most girls in one year: 196 (1918).
In 2025, 22 US girls were named Alva, making it the 5,567th most common girls’ name of the year, down 1,087 places from #4,480 in 2024. That is 9 fewer than the 31 girls named Alva in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #334, reached in 1896. The most girls given the name in a single year was 196, in 1918. For comparison, it was #6,473 in 2015 and #1,018 in 1950.
In 2025, 6 US boys were named Alva, making it the 10,762nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 1,733 places from #9,029 in 2024. That is 2 fewer than the 8 boys named Alva in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #162, reached in 1882. The most boys given the name in a single year was 317, in 1917. For comparison, it was #10,720 in 2015 and #695 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Alva in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 87 babies with the name. In all, 20,158 US babies have been given the name, 44% of them girls and 56% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 4,142 babies named Alva.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 284 US girls were named Alva; the busiest of those years was 2020, with 41. In 2025 that was about 1 in 73,058 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Elva (32,514 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Alvah and Pixie are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Swedish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Alvah (1,880), Pixie (617).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
No nicknames listed for Alva in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,567 | 6 | #10,762 |
| 2024 | 31 | #4,480 | 8 | #9,029 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,256 | 10 | #7,775 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,677 | 10 | #7,789 |
| 2021 | 29 | #4,621 | 5 | #12,237 |
| 2020 | 41 | #3,616 | 10 | #7,524 |
| 2019 | 32 | #4,351 | 5 | #12,233 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,775 | 10 | #7,649 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,835 | 13 | #6,349 |
| 2016 | 27 | #4,999 | 11 | #7,170 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,473 | 6 | #10,720 |
| 2014 | 12 | #9,010 | 6 | #10,778 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,168 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,231 | — | — |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,653 | — | — |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,236 | 6 | #10,831 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,409 | — | — |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,128 | 6 | #11,106 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,547 | 10 | #7,619 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,325 | — | — |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,360 | 5 | #11,543 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,789 | 9 | #7,559 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,597 | 5 | #10,962 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,849 | — | — |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,076 | 6 | #9,292 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,950 | 11 | #5,936 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,392 | 11 | #5,667 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,734 | 8 | #6,869 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,158 | 10 | #5,658 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,540 | 9 | #5,996 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,069 | 15 | #4,061 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,120 | 8 | #6,401 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,398 | 11 | #5,016 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,531 | 13 | #4,332 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,411 | 7 | #6,538 |
| 1990 | 26 | #3,910 | 12 | #4,415 |
| 1989 | 41 | #2,716 | 16 | #3,455 |
| 1988 | 31 | #3,167 | 13 | #3,713 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,324 | 9 | #4,587 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,193 | 15 | #3,136 |
| 1985 | 35 | #2,706 | 13 | #3,405 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,480 | 12 | #3,467 |
| 1983 | 28 | #2,980 | 16 | #2,791 |
| 1982 | 26 | #3,260 | 22 | #2,271 |
| 1981 | 33 | #2,723 | 16 | #2,782 |
| 1980 | 36 | #2,605 | 26 | #2,059 |
| 1979 | 22 | #3,543 | 19 | #2,467 |
| 1978 | 28 | #2,862 | 31 | #1,719 |
| 1977 | 27 | #2,910 | 27 | #1,859 |
| 1976 | 29 | #2,665 | 24 | #2,001 |
| 1975 | 31 | #2,518 | 26 | #1,836 |
| 1974 | 27 | #2,683 | 27 | #1,749 |
| 1973 | 30 | #2,458 | 38 | #1,355 |
| 1972 | 29 | #2,454 | 29 | #1,604 |
| 1971 | 45 | #1,906 | 36 | #1,415 |
| 1970 | 48 | #1,828 | 35 | #1,416 |
| 1969 | 38 | #2,025 | 52 | #1,075 |
| 1968 | 49 | #1,648 | 35 | #1,284 |
| 1967 | 39 | #1,882 | 36 | #1,253 |
| 1966 | 44 | #1,700 | 39 | #1,195 |
| 1965 | 53 | #1,529 | 44 | #1,129 |
| 1964 | 56 | #1,518 | 51 | #1,059 |
| 1963 | 52 | #1,565 | 45 | #1,151 |
| 1962 | 75 | #1,278 | 52 | #1,057 |
| 1961 | 54 | #1,534 | 65 | #950 |
| 1960 | 59 | #1,430 | 60 | #983 |
| 1959 | 52 | #1,499 | 68 | #926 |
| 1958 | 73 | #1,240 | 57 | #1,006 |
| 1957 | 81 | #1,173 | 58 | #995 |
| 1956 | 85 | #1,116 | 59 | #969 |
| 1955 | 98 | #1,010 | 82 | #807 |
| 1954 | 89 | #1,039 | 68 | #892 |
| 1953 | 67 | #1,178 | 65 | #889 |
| 1952 | 81 | #1,046 | 97 | #714 |
| 1951 | 91 | #977 | 66 | #857 |
| 1950 | 80 | #1,018 | 97 | #695 |
| 1949 | 84 | #973 | 111 | #649 |
| 1948 | 88 | #923 | 115 | #633 |
| 1947 | 95 | #909 | 131 | #595 |
| 1946 | 79 | #936 | 114 | #603 |
| 1945 | 67 | #926 | 115 | #558 |
| 1944 | 83 | #836 | 112 | #579 |
| 1943 | 97 | #788 | 148 | #508 |
| 1942 | 91 | #802 | 131 | #532 |
| 1941 | 93 | #735 | 102 | #586 |
| 1940 | 98 | #702 | 137 | #497 |
| 1939 | 117 | #623 | 140 | #485 |
| 1938 | 100 | #687 | 156 | #463 |
| 1937 | 118 | #624 | 155 | #452 |
| 1936 | 106 | #638 | 177 | #416 |
| 1935 | 116 | #604 | 146 | #470 |
| 1934 | 119 | #604 | 155 | #451 |
| 1933 | 117 | #597 | 156 | #442 |
| 1932 | 137 | #559 | 175 | #424 |
| 1931 | 135 | #568 | 213 | #385 |
| 1930 | 120 | #631 | 208 | #402 |
| 1929 | 126 | #610 | 241 | #369 |
| 1928 | 163 | #545 | 207 | #416 |
| 1927 | 164 | #552 | 245 | #374 |
| 1926 | 156 | #570 | 259 | #364 |
| 1925 | 154 | #580 | 239 | #388 |
| 1924 | 167 | #560 | 273 | #362 |
| 1923 | 149 | #593 | 274 | #359 |
| 1922 | 174 | #534 | 246 | #384 |
| 1921 | 165 | #553 | 289 | #351 |
| 1920 | 173 | #541 | 278 | #353 |
| 1919 | 174 | #516 | 264 | #350 |
| 1918 | 196 | #484 | 273 | #346 |
| 1917 | 161 | #526 | 317 | #294 |
| 1916 | 176 | #481 | 260 | #330 |
| 1915 | 146 | #518 | 262 | #324 |
| 1914 | 121 | #507 | 178 | #350 |
| 1913 | 142 | #413 | 167 | #307 |
| 1912 | 125 | #414 | 138 | #312 |
| 1911 | 83 | #447 | 58 | #363 |
| 1910 | 80 | #445 | 61 | #317 |
| 1909 | 70 | #442 | 68 | #268 |
| 1908 | 60 | #464 | 36 | #389 |
| 1907 | 74 | #412 | 59 | #272 |
| 1906 | 65 | #423 | 64 | #246 |
| 1905 | 58 | #442 | 57 | #263 |
| 1904 | 49 | #470 | 49 | #273 |
| 1903 | 58 | #414 | 50 | #257 |
| 1902 | 54 | #420 | 60 | #234 |
| 1901 | 49 | #428 | 59 | #228 |
| 1900 | 67 | #408 | 73 | #237 |
| 1899 | 39 | #469 | 61 | #213 |
| 1898 | 56 | #412 | 67 | #216 |
| 1897 | 51 | #408 | 69 | #204 |
| 1896 | 76 | #334 | 68 | #219 |
| 1895 | 61 | #357 | 74 | #197 |
| 1894 | 50 | #398 | 76 | #194 |
| 1893 | 41 | #422 | 66 | #208 |
| 1892 | 40 | #420 | 74 | #202 |
| 1891 | 26 | #507 | 66 | #188 |
| 1890 | 35 | #429 | 68 | #194 |
| 1889 | 22 | #543 | 62 | #205 |
| 1888 | 32 | #439 | 74 | #202 |
| 1887 | 32 | #379 | 58 | #201 |
| 1886 | 21 | #476 | 64 | #206 |
| 1885 | 17 | #522 | 46 | #243 |
| 1884 | 9 | #735 | 62 | #209 |
| 1883 | 6 | #821 | 72 | #172 |
| 1882 | 13 | #508 | 85 | #162 |
| 1881 | 13 | #470 | 70 | #171 |
| 1880 | 17 | #404 | 70 | #180 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).