Alvis
Alvis is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 13 births. Its best rank was 552nd, in 1912.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 130.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1924101 births
- Best rank
- #552in 1912
- Since 1881
- 5,518people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,192 boys have been named Alvis in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 101 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1940, and the 1920s alone account for 18%. It has spent 69 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 326 girls have also been given it, 5.9% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Alvis | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 46 | |
| 1890s | 73 | |
| 1900s | 105 | |
| 1910s | 645 | |
| 1920s | 916 | |
| 1930s | 783 | |
| 1940s | 743 | |
| 1950s | 658 | |
| 1960s | 374 | |
| 1970s | 265 | |
| 1980s | 199 | |
| 1990s | 129 | |
| 2000s | 75 | |
| 2010s | 121 | |
| 2020s | 60 |
In 1924, its biggest year
Alvis was the 638th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1924 were Robert, John, William, James and Charles. See all of 1924.
Names that rose and fell with Alvis
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Howardpeak 1921
- Ralphpeak 1921
- Francispeak 1918
- Merrillpeak 1926
- Ervinpeak 1921
- Lloydpeak 1918
- Miltonpeak 1920
- Garlandpeak 1922
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.