Alva
Alva was the 5567th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 1896, when it ranked 334th; the most babies were born in 1918 (196). Over the last ten years it has moved up 906 places. More babies were named Alva in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,567 girls, down 1,951 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 22girls
- Girls and boys
- 78% girls, 22% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1918196 babies
- Total since 1880
- 20,158babies recorded
Alva popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,567 | #10,762 | 22 | 6 |
| 2020 | #3,616 | #7,524 | 41 | 10 |
| 2010 | #7,236 | #10,831 | 17 | 6 |
| 2000 | #5,950 | #5,936 | 18 | 11 |
| 1990 | #3,910 | #4,415 | 26 | 12 |
| 1980 | #2,605 | #2,059 | 36 | 26 |
| 1970 | #1,828 | #1,416 | 48 | 35 |
| 1960 | #1,430 | #983 | 59 | 60 |
| 1950 | #1,018 | #695 | 80 | 97 |
| 1940 | #702 | #497 | 98 | 137 |
| 1930 | #631 | #402 | 120 | 208 |
| 1920 | #541 | #353 | 173 | 278 |
| 1910 | #445 | #317 | 80 | 61 |
| 1900 | #408 | #237 | 67 | 73 |
| 1890 | #429 | #194 | 35 | 68 |
| 1880 | #404 | #180 | 17 | 70 |
How popular is Alva, counting every spelling?
Alva has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Alva?
22 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Alva (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Alva born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 381 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Alva.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Alva?
About 3,100 people born in the US named Alva are alive today, with a median age of 64; half are between 41 and 76. That makes Alva a name most people associate with older generations. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Alva by state
How common Alva was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Alva
How popular is the name Alva?
Alva was the 5567th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 1896, when it ranked 334th; the most babies were born in 1918 (196). Over the last ten years it has moved up 906 places. More babies were named Alva in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Alva a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 78% girls, 22% boys given the name Alva in the US.
Where is Alva most popular?
In 2021–2025, Alva was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Texas.