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Alva

Pronounced /ˈæl.və/

Rank in 2024
#4,536
Born in 2024
31
Peak year
1918 · #485
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:8 in 2024 (#9,819)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 31 girls were named Alva, about 1 in every 52,038.
  • It peaked in 1918 with 196 babies, ranked #485.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 8,867 girls have been named Alva since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Alva per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.2
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 3,243 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Silent: 2,003 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,439 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen X: 575 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 372 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 204 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 307 babies, 0.02 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • A male given name.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈæl.və/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Alva, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyCooling

    Alivia

    Rank
    #397
    Born '24
    795
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20082024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Alyvia

    Rank
    #1,548
    Born '24
    138
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20132024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Elvia

    Rank
    #3,609
    Born '24
    43
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19912024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Elva

    Rank
    #3,727
    Born '24
    41
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19182024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Oliva

    Rank
    #6,002
    Born '24
    20
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19902024