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Alvin
Pronounced /ˈælvɪn/
Rank in 2024
#794
Born in 2024
316
Peak year
1927 · #66
Origin
Old English
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 316 boys were named Alvin, about 1 in every 5,428.
- It peaked in 1927 with 2,883 babies, ranked #66.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 161,108 boys have been named Alvin since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Alvin per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 2.4Greatest1901–27
- 1.9Silent1928–45
- 1.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.6Gen X1965–80
- 0.4Millennials1981–96
- 0.3Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 39,327 babies, 2.35 per 1,000. Silent: 38,818 babies, 1.88 per 1,000. Boomers: 40,321 babies, 1.07 per 1,000. Gen X: 15,510 babies, 0.57 per 1,000. Millennials: 10,934 babies, 0.36 per 1,000. Gen Z: 8,276 babies, 0.26 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,776 babies, 0.22 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Old English Ælfwine, made up of ælf (“elf”) + wine (“friend”).
- A male given name from Old English.
- Origin
- Old English
- Say it
- /ˈælvɪn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Alvin, CC BY-SA 4.0.