Alva

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #10,695in 2025
  • 1 in 284,679boys in 2025
  • +12%last ten years

Most popular in 1882.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

037474818801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 141 recorded years as a table
Alva, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880634
1881695
1882748
1883688
1884542
1885427
1886578
1887572
1888612
1889561
1890612
1891652
1892606
1893588
1894656
1895630
1896569
1897612
1898546
1899574
1900485
1901554
1902489
1903419
1904382
1905431
1906481
1907402
1908233
1909415
1910314
1911257
1912321
1913326
1914272
1915309
1916292
1917343
1918269
1919269
1920261
1921262
1922226
1923250
1924241
1925214
1926233
1927217
1928187
1929224
1930190
1931205
1932168
1933157
1934150
1935140
1936171
1937145
1938141
1939126
1940118
194183
194295
1943104
194482
194585
194670
194772
194866
194963
195054
195135
195250
195333
195433
195540
195628
195727
195827
195932
196028
196131
196225
196322
196426
196524
196622
196721
196820
196929
197019
197120
197218
197324
197417
197517
197615
197716
197819
197911
198015
19819
198212
19839
19847
19857
19868
19875
19887
19898
19906
19913
19927
19936
19944
19958
19965
19975
19984
19996
20006
20013
20033
20045
20053
20075
20083
20103
20134
20143
20153
20166
20177
20186
20193
20206
20213
20226
20236
20245
20254

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Alva isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
6
Rank in 2025
#10,695
How rare
1 in 284,679 boys
Since 1880
11,269

Most popular in 1882, at 748 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 12% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.