Alwina

Girls' name

Noble, through Alwin

Alwina has been given to 18 babies in the U.S. since 1882. 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 1882, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Alwina, 1899

1 in 56,500

Alwina over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Alwina: meaning, origin, and history

Noble, through Alwin

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Alwina means

Alwina belongs to the name family reached through Alwina → Alwin. Its meaning is “noble”.

Origin, language, and formation

Alwina is used in German and Welsh.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Alwin, Alwyn and Alwena.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Welsh, Alwina is pronounced /al.ˈwɪn.a/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 18 girls were recorded with the name Alwina between 1882 and 1899. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1882; its best national rank was #815 in 1882.

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.

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How common is Alwina?

Alwina had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1899, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1899: 1 in 56,500; 6 of 339,215 births
Among girls only: 1 in 38,800; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1899: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 39,189 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Alwina sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1899 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 39,189 children born in 1899 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Alwina. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Alwinas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Alwina was born before 1886 — so the typical Alwina is around 139 today.

Median birth year: 1886; About 139 years old
Biggest decade: 1880s; 66.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1880s — 66.7% of all recorded uses (12).

Is Alwina 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1882 (6)
Years since peak: 143; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #815; 1882

Spellings of Alwina

Alwina is not the most common spelling — Alana is, with 11.8% against Alwina's <0.01%.

Alana11.8%68,264
Alaina8.7%50,578
Alina7.8%45,387
Alayna6.1%35,589
Alisa6.0%34,705
Elaina5.6%32,220
Alanna4.7%27,012
Lina3.4%19,489

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.

Alwina by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #815; 1882
Peak year: 1882; 6 that year
First recorded: 1882
Last recorded: 1899
All-time count: 18
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Alwina

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

Damina Alwine Sevina Aelina Yukina Azlina Zafina Ailina Alwyn Zamina Amalina Aylina Chaina Kahlina Saphina Mireina Atrina Khaina Raaina Sofina Turina Ardina Relina Aliina

Sibling names for Alwina

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

For a sister

Lulu Maud Bess Maude Meta Hulda Golda Lauretta

For a brother

Garfield Grover Will Dewey Gustave Waldo Orrin Winfield

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