Alvah

Boy · recorded 1880–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1885best year

Most popular in 1885.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

010721318801916195219882024

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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 102 recorded years as a table
Alvah, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880163
188160
1882114
1883172
188496
1885213
188672
188799
1888116
188999
1890108
189189
189290
189398
189486
1895119
1896142
189789
189841
189994
190066
190166
190298
190553
190638
190761
190832
190955
191031
191171
191258
191360
191467
191553
191662
191732
191840
191934
192042
192125
192226
192337
192434
192539
192637
192737
192826
192931
193033
193127
193239
193333
193427
193520
193626
193712
193817
193918
194015
194115
194217
194315
194418
194510
194614
194711
19486
194911
195015
19518
19528
19538
195414
19559
195610
19577
19588
19595
19603
19614
19624
19633
19643
19685
19696
19705
19716
19736
19744
19754
19764
19774
19783
19813
19823
19834
19843
19863
20153
20163
20234
20243

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Alvah 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024
5
Rank in 2024
#12,349
How rare
1 in 344,577 boys
Since 1880
1,808

Alvah was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1885, at 213 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Alvah doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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