Meaning not yet researched.
Alvin: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 294 in 2025. Its best rank was #66 in 1927.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #66 in 1927; #838 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Alvin in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#838 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1927, at #66.
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Alvin: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 294 boys in 2025. Peak: #66 in 1927 · most boys in one year: 2,883 (1927).
In 2025, 294 US boys were named Alvin, making it the 838th most common boys’ name of the year, down 47 places from #791 in 2024. That is 24 fewer than the 318 boys named Alvin in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #66, reached in 1927. That year also had the most boys given the name: 2,883. For comparison, it was #601 in 2015 and #121 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Alvin in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 102 babies with the name. In all, 162,512 US babies have been given the name, 0.7% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 27,090 babies named Alvin.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,702 US boys were named Alvin; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 471. In 2025 that was about 1 in 5,810 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Alvin ranked highest in Pennsylvania in 2025, at #458 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Alvan, Alwin and Alven 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 English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Alvan (1,101), Alwin (901), Alven (462), Alvon (165), Alvine (122), Alvyn (33), Alvion (16), Alvene (6).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Alvin in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 29 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 22 | #458 | #408 |
| Missouri | 11 | #519 | #820 |
| New York | 29 | #545 | #303 |
| Utah | 7 | #561 | #563 |
| Iowa | 5 | #575 | — |
| Indiana | 11 | #582 | #456 |
| Wisconsin | 7 | #618 | #507 |
| California | 45 | #627 | #408 |
| Kentucky | 6 | #629 | — |
| Alabama | 6 | #686 | #711 |
| Washington | 9 | #688 | #854 |
| Ohio | 11 | #751 | #687 |
| Louisiana | 5 | #778 | #578 |
| Arizona | 7 | #784 | #730 |
| Georgia | 11 | #795 | #545 |
| New Jersey | 6 | #920 | #718 |
| Illinois | 8 | #940 | #640 |
| Michigan | 6 | #1,004 | #596 |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,043 | #920 |
| North Carolina | 6 | #1,147 | #994 |
| Texas | 13 | #1,416 | #734 |
| Florida | 7 | #1,484 | #602 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 294 | #838 |
| 2024 | — | — | 318 | #791 |
| 2023 | — | — | 337 | #765 |
| 2022 | — | — | 352 | #737 |
| 2021 | — | — | 325 | #770 |
| 2020 | — | — | 377 | #682 |
| 2019 | — | — | 399 | #663 |
| 2018 | — | — | 390 | #655 |
| 2017 | — | — | 439 | #603 |
| 2016 | — | — | 471 | #585 |
| 2015 | — | — | 455 | #601 |
| 2014 | — | — | 462 | #595 |
| 2013 | — | — | 458 | #570 |
| 2012 | — | — | 505 | #521 |
| 2011 | — | — | 464 | #548 |
| 2010 | — | — | 492 | #526 |
| 2009 | — | — | 471 | #562 |
| 2008 | — | — | 658 | #436 |
| 2007 | — | — | 522 | #505 |
| 2006 | — | — | 516 | #503 |
| 2005 | — | — | 516 | #483 |
| 2004 | — | — | 484 | #505 |
| 2003 | — | — | 477 | #510 |
| 2002 | — | — | 533 | #457 |
| 2001 | — | — | 541 | #447 |
| 2000 | — | — | 522 | #456 |
| 1999 | — | — | 520 | #443 |
| 1998 | — | — | 521 | #440 |
| 1997 | — | — | 541 | #424 |
| 1996 | — | — | 499 | #450 |
| 1995 | — | — | 548 | #415 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,620 | 556 | #409 |
| 1993 | — | — | 648 | #364 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,383 | 633 | #369 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,310 | 693 | #350 |
| 1990 | — | — | 749 | #331 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,905 | 823 | #297 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,413 | 688 | #317 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,809 | 729 | #294 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,554 | 676 | #301 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,363 | 705 | #291 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,309 | 690 | #295 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,330 | 706 | #289 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,545 | 783 | #270 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,427 | 806 | #270 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,440 | 868 | #254 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,328 | 815 | #259 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,970 | 800 | #252 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,693 | 762 | #259 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,314 | 766 | #257 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,192 | 856 | #240 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,018 | 811 | #247 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,096 | 870 | #241 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,316 | 881 | #243 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,537 | 1,029 | #230 |
| 1970 | 17 | #3,584 | 1,087 | #223 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,201 | 1,060 | #221 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,156 | 1,112 | #209 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,823 | 1,225 | #193 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,406 | 1,239 | #196 |
| 1965 | 11 | #3,957 | 1,328 | #190 |
| 1964 | 16 | #3,249 | 1,459 | #195 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,465 | 1,503 | #197 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,924 | 1,711 | #177 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,795 | 1,877 | #168 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,193 | 1,995 | #166 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,624 | 2,261 | #153 |
| 1958 | 22 | #2,450 | 2,180 | #154 |
| 1957 | 27 | #2,121 | 2,388 | #144 |
| 1956 | 17 | #2,829 | 2,431 | #134 |
| 1955 | 18 | #2,637 | 2,360 | #134 |
| 1954 | 17 | #2,699 | 2,367 | #135 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,820 | 2,110 | #140 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,557 | 2,336 | #128 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,021 | 2,385 | #121 |
| 1950 | 17 | #2,440 | 2,269 | #121 |
| 1949 | 12 | #3,005 | 2,158 | #128 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,358 | 2,270 | #124 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,902 | 2,215 | #129 |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,432 | 2,047 | #126 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,746 | 1,861 | #120 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,293 | 1,967 | #115 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,045 | 2,203 | #113 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,671 | 2,071 | #115 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,534 | 2,016 | #107 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,425 | 1,911 | #106 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,948 | 1,940 | #103 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,860 | 2,063 | #98 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,271 | 1,986 | #99 |
| 1936 | 14 | #2,155 | 1,970 | #96 |
| 1935 | 15 | #2,100 | 2,165 | #91 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,699 | 2,147 | #93 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,876 | 2,128 | #88 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,959 | 2,274 | #87 |
| 1931 | 25 | #1,504 | 2,299 | #80 |
| 1930 | 24 | #1,611 | 2,512 | #79 |
| 1929 | 30 | #1,393 | 2,555 | #77 |
| 1928 | 17 | #2,094 | 2,750 | #72 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,674 | 2,883 | #66 |
| 1926 | 21 | #1,884 | 2,693 | #72 |
| 1925 | 19 | #2,021 | 2,777 | #70 |
| 1924 | 24 | #1,772 | 2,759 | #73 |
| 1923 | 27 | #1,601 | 2,647 | #73 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,389 | 2,599 | #73 |
| 1921 | 18 | #2,122 | 2,686 | #73 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,818 | 2,523 | #76 |
| 1919 | 22 | #1,746 | 2,383 | #76 |
| 1918 | 28 | #1,498 | 2,409 | #80 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,654 | 2,142 | #81 |
| 1916 | 23 | #1,582 | 2,093 | #82 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,542 | 2,006 | #81 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,274 | 1,532 | #78 |
| 1913 | — | — | 1,144 | #82 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,369 | 929 | #86 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,480 | 460 | #89 |
| 1910 | — | — | 401 | #85 |
| 1909 | — | — | 363 | #82 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,113 | 307 | #89 |
| 1907 | — | — | 245 | #99 |
| 1906 | — | — | 239 | #95 |
| 1905 | — | — | 258 | #92 |
| 1904 | — | — | 247 | #88 |
| 1903 | — | — | 222 | #90 |
| 1902 | — | — | 201 | #99 |
| 1901 | — | — | 179 | #95 |
| 1900 | — | — | 223 | #105 |
| 1899 | — | — | 173 | #103 |
| 1898 | — | — | 184 | #104 |
| 1897 | — | — | 186 | #97 |
| 1896 | — | — | 183 | #102 |
| 1895 | — | — | 179 | #103 |
| 1894 | — | — | 167 | #108 |
| 1893 | — | — | 163 | #107 |
| 1892 | — | — | 164 | #109 |
| 1891 | — | — | 121 | #115 |
| 1890 | — | — | 147 | #112 |
| 1889 | — | — | 137 | #113 |
| 1888 | — | — | 157 | #106 |
| 1887 | — | — | 128 | #107 |
| 1886 | — | — | 112 | #123 |
| 1885 | — | — | 125 | #111 |
| 1884 | — | — | 145 | #106 |
| 1883 | — | — | 113 | #113 |
| 1882 | — | — | 132 | #113 |
| 1881 | — | — | 105 | #115 |
| 1880 | — | — | 102 | #132 |
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).