How Many People Are Named Alvan?
people named Alvan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,023,307 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,101 babies named Alvan in Social Security records from 1883 to 2016, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
53 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Alvan in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Alvan alive today is about 59 years old, and 57% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 45 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Alvan first appears in the records in 1883 and was given most often in 1927, to 53 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2016.
Babies given the name each year, 1883 to 2016
🏆 Rank History
Alvan has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #895, in 1883.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #895 (1883) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,334 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Alvan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Alvan were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 4 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alvan was given about 28.9 times as often in Massachusetts.
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