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Alvia

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Alvia has been given to 834 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1924, with 18 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 53% boys, 47% girls all-time.

Babies named Alvia, 1967

1 in 679,000

Alvia over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Alvia over time

In 2022, Alvia went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

18802022

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Alvia: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Alvia means

Alvia is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Alvia is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 441 boys were recorded with the name Alvia between 1880 and 1967. Its highest annual count was 18 in 1924; its best national rank was #759 in 1886.

In the United States, 393 girls were recorded with the name Alvia between 1896 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1920; its best national rank was #1,231 in 1906.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Alvia?

Alvia had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1967, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1967
1 in 679,000
5 of 3,394,772 births
Among boys only
1 in 349,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 1967
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
470,616 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Alvia sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1967 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 470,616 children born in 1967 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Alvia. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Alvias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Alvia was born before 1927 — so the typical Alvia is around 98 today.

Median birth year
1927
About 98 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
30.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
20.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
55
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1920s — 30.2% of all recorded uses (133).

Is Alvia rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1924 (18)
Years since peak
101
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#759
1886

Spellings of Alvia

Alvia is not the most common spelling — Calvin is, with 40.2% against Alvia's 0.08%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Alvia around the world

Where Alvia ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2006–2018
    #5,666
    in 2018
  • South Australia
    1954–2012
    #563
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Alvia by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#759
1886
Peak year
1924
18 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
1967
All-time count
441
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#1,231
1906
Peak year
1920
13 that year
First recorded
1896
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
393
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Alvia

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Alvia

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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