Alvin
Alvin is ranked 791st among boys in 2024 (316 births). Its best rank was 66th, in 1927.
- Rank in 2024
- #791down 28 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3160.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 19272,883 births
- Best rank
- #66in 1927
- Since 1880
- 162,206people given the name
The story in the numbers
161,108 boys have been named Alvin in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1927, with 2,883 births — 0.26% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 595 → 791).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1945, and the 1920s alone account for 17%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 39 of them in the top 100.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 1,098 girls have also been given it, 0.68% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Alvin | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,256 | |
| 1890s | 1,667 | |
| 1900s | 2,484 | |
| 1910s | 15,499 | |
| 1920s | 26,872 | |
| 1930s | 21,484 | |
| 1940s | 20,719 | |
| 1950s | 23,087 | |
| 1960s | 14,509 | |
| 1970s | 8,677 | |
| 1980s | 7,476 | |
| 1990s | 5,908 | |
| 2000s | 5,235 | |
| 2010s | 4,528 | |
| 2020s | 1,707 |
In 1927, its biggest year
Alvin was the 66th 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 Alvin
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Leonardpeak 1921
- Gilbertpeak 1930
- Norrispeak 1924
- Raymondpeak 1924
- Bernardpeak 1924
- Eltonpeak 1920
- Garlandpeak 1922
- Lenardpeak 1925
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.