How Many People Are Named Alva?
people named Alva are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 62,403 people in the US has this name
Based on 20,158 babies named Alva in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
478 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Alva, 57.4% were girls and 42.6% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Alva rose from 21.5% in the 1880s to 78.2% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Alva alive today is about 60 years old, and 60% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 46 and 78 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Alva first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1917, to 478 babies. In 2025, 28 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Alva has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #162, in 1882. In 2025 it ranked #10,758. Among girls, its best rank was #334, in 1896.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #10,758 | #5,566 |
| Best rank | #162 (1882) | #334 (1896) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #371 in the 1920s | #576 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Alva alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Alva were born in Texas than in any other state: about 471 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alva was given 4 times as often in Oklahoma, 2.8 times in West Virginia and 2.6 times in Texas.
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