Alvin
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
#838
recorded as boys
Down 47 since 2024
Babies in 2025
294
boys 294
Peak year
1927
2,883 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
162,512
since 1880
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Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Alvin was most popular in 1927, when 2,883 babies recorded as boys got the name (2.6 per 1,000). In 2025, 294 babies were named Alvin, ranking #838 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 294 | 838 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 318 | 791 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 337 | 765 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 352 | 737 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 325 | 770 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 377 | 681 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 399 | 663 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 390 | 655 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 439 | 603 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 471 | 585 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 455 | 601 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 462 | 595 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 458 | 569 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 505 | 521 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 464 | 548 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 492 | 526 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 471 | 560 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 658 | 436 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 522 | 505 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 516 | 503 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 516 | 483 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 484 | 505 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 477 | 510 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 533 | 457 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 541 | 447 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 522 | 456 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 520 | 443 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 521 | 440 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 541 | 424 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 499 | 450 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 548 | 415 |
| 1994 | 7 | 10569 | 556 | 409 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 648 | 364 |
| 1992 | 5 | 13317 | 633 | 369 |
| 1991 | 7 | 10271 | 693 | 350 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 749 | 331 |
| 1989 | 6 | 10847 | 823 | 297 |
| 1988 | 8 | 8391 | 688 | 317 |
| 1987 | 7 | 8778 | 729 | 294 |
| 1986 | 7 | 8523 | 676 | 301 |
| 1985 | 13 | 5348 | 705 | 291 |
| 1984 | 10 | 6291 | 690 | 295 |
| 1983 | 8 | 7312 | 706 | 289 |
| 1982 | 12 | 5534 | 783 | 270 |
| 1981 | 8 | 7409 | 806 | 270 |
| 1980 | 8 | 7418 | 868 | 254 |
| 1979 | 8 | 7313 | 815 | 259 |
| 1978 | 10 | 5958 | 800 | 252 |
| 1977 | 5 | 9652 | 762 | 259 |
| 1976 | 7 | 7296 | 766 | 257 |
| 1975 | 7 | 7173 | 856 | 240 |
| 1974 | 11 | 5011 | 811 | 247 |
| 1973 | 8 | 6080 | 870 | 241 |
| 1972 | 5 | 8292 | 881 | 243 |
| 1971 | 12 | 4534 | 1,029 | 230 |
| 1970 | 17 | 3577 | 1,087 | 223 |
| 1969 | 12 | 4198 | 1,060 | 221 |
| 1968 | 8 | 5147 | 1,112 | 209 |
| 1967 | 5 | 6804 | 1,225 | 193 |
| 1966 | 14 | 3400 | 1,239 | 196 |
| 1965 | 11 | 3952 | 1,328 | 190 |
| 1964 | 16 | 3244 | 1,459 | 195 |
| 1963 | 14 | 3458 | 1,503 | 197 |
| 1962 | 18 | 2922 | 1,711 | 177 |
| 1961 | 12 | 3793 | 1,877 | 168 |
| 1960 | 10 | 4184 | 1,995 | 166 |
| 1959 | 12 | 3619 | 2,261 | 153 |
| 1958 | 22 | 2449 | 2,180 | 154 |
| 1957 | 27 | 2121 | 2,388 | 144 |
| 1956 | 17 | 2826 | 2,431 | 134 |
| 1955 | 18 | 2635 | 2,360 | 134 |
| 1954 | 17 | 2695 | 2,367 | 135 |
| 1953 | 15 | 2812 | 2,110 | 140 |
| 1952 | 10 | 3552 | 2,336 | 128 |
| 1951 | 8 | 4011 | 2,385 | 121 |
| 1950 | 17 | 2436 | 2,269 | 121 |
| 1949 | 12 | 2999 | 2,158 | 128 |
| 1948 | 10 | 3350 | 2,270 | 124 |
| 1947 | 13 | 2898 | 2,215 | 129 |
| 1946 | 9 | 3430 | 2,047 | 126 |
| 1945 | 11 | 2742 | 1,861 | 120 |
| 1944 | 15 | 2287 | 1,967 | 115 |
| 1943 | 10 | 3040 | 2,203 | 113 |
| 1942 | 12 | 2666 | 2,071 | 115 |
| 1941 | 12 | 2532 | 2,016 | 107 |
| 1940 | 12 | 2424 | 1,911 | 106 |
| 1939 | 17 | 1947 | 1,940 | 103 |
| 1938 | 6 | 3847 | 2,063 | 98 |
| 1937 | 5 | 4255 | 1,986 | 99 |
| 1936 | 14 | 2153 | 1,970 | 96 |
| 1935 | 15 | 2095 | 2,165 | 91 |
| 1934 | 20 | 1697 | 2,147 | 93 |
| 1933 | 9 | 2868 | 2,128 | 88 |
| 1932 | 17 | 1957 | 2,274 | 87 |
| 1931 | 25 | 1502 | 2,299 | 80 |
| 1930 | 24 | 1607 | 2,512 | 79 |
| 1929 | 30 | 1393 | 2,555 | 77 |
| 1928 | 17 | 2094 | 2,750 | 72 |
| 1927 | 25 | 1669 | 2,883 | 66 |
| 1926 | 21 | 1883 | 2,693 | 72 |
| 1925 | 19 | 2018 | 2,777 | 70 |
| 1924 | 24 | 1770 | 2,759 | 73 |
| 1923 | 27 | 1598 | 2,647 | 73 |
| 1922 | 15 | 2387 | 2,599 | 73 |
| 1921 | 18 | 2120 | 2,686 | 73 |
| 1920 | 22 | 1816 | 2,523 | 76 |
| 1919 | 22 | 1745 | 2,383 | 76 |
| 1918 | 28 | 1497 | 2,409 | 80 |
| 1917 | 22 | 1652 | 2,142 | 81 |
| 1916 | 23 | 1581 | 2,093 | 82 |
| 1915 | 11 | 2526 | 2,006 | 81 |
| 1914 | 10 | 2265 | 1,532 | 78 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 1,144 | 82 |
| 1912 | 7 | 2360 | 929 | 86 |
| 1911 | 5 | 2463 | 460 | 89 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 401 | 85 |
| 1909 | <5 | — | 363 | 82 |
| 1908 | 5 | 2101 | 307 | 89 |
| 1907 | <5 | — | 245 | 99 |
| 1906 | <5 | — | 239 | 95 |
| 1905 | <5 | — | 258 | 92 |
| 1904 | <5 | — | 247 | 88 |
| 1903 | <5 | — | 222 | 90 |
| 1902 | <5 | — | 201 | 99 |
| 1901 | <5 | — | 179 | 95 |
| 1900 | <5 | — | 223 | 104 |
| 1899 | <5 | — | 173 | 103 |
| 1898 | <5 | — | 184 | 104 |
| 1897 | <5 | — | 186 | 97 |
| 1896 | <5 | — | 183 | 102 |
| 1895 | <5 | — | 179 | 103 |
| 1894 | <5 | — | 167 | 108 |
| 1893 | <5 | — | 163 | 107 |
| 1892 | <5 | — | 164 | 109 |
| 1891 | <5 | — | 121 | 115 |
| 1890 | <5 | — | 147 | 111 |
| 1889 | <5 | — | 137 | 113 |
| 1888 | <5 | — | 157 | 106 |
| 1887 | <5 | — | 128 | 107 |
| 1886 | <5 | — | 112 | 123 |
| 1885 | <5 | — | 125 | 111 |
| 1884 | <5 | — | 145 | 106 |
| 1883 | <5 | — | 113 | 113 |
| 1882 | <5 | — | 132 | 113 |
| 1881 | <5 | — | 105 | 115 |
| 1880 | <5 | — | 102 | 131 |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 1% · boys 99% across all years