How Many People Are Named Alvah?
people named Alvah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 863,093 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,880 babies named Alvah in Social Security records from 1880 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
62 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "his highness" in Hebrew. This name is mentioned in the Old Testament as belonging to a descendant of Esau.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Alvah, 0.8% were girls and 99.2% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Alvah alive today is about 65 years old, and 70% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 55 and 78 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Alvah first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1916, to 62 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Alvah has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #364, in 1885.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #364 (1885) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,175 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Alvah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Alvah were born in Virginia than in any other state: about 12 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alvah was given about 18.6 times as often in Virginia.
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