Alvan
Alvan is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 896th, in 1883.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192753 births
- Best rank
- #896in 1883
- Since 1883
- 1,101people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,101 boys have been named Alvan in the United States since 1883, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1927, with 53 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 53 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1933, and the 1920s alone account for 27%. It has spent 3 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Alvan | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 162 | |
| 1920s | 300 | |
| 1930s | 186 | |
| 1940s | 158 | |
| 1950s | 101 | |
| 1960s | 49 | |
| 1970s | 46 | |
| 1980s | 27 | |
| 1990s | 13 | |
| 2000s | 44 | |
| 2010s | 5 |
In 1927, its biggest year
Alvan was the 951st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1927 were Robert, John, James, William and Charles. See all of 1927.
Names that rose and fell with Alvan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Verylpeak 1924
- Thurmonpeak 1930
- Hoylepeak 1925
- Fernandpeak 1923
- Laddiepeak 1919
- Cletispeak 1924
- Norbertpeak 1924
- Dormanpeak 1928
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.