Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Alvah

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Alvah
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1916

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19162024

Peak year

1916

Decline from peak

90.9%

2024

All-time

1,808

Alvah has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1916, when 55 boys were named Alvah.

In 2024, only 5 boys were given the name.

Down 90.9% from its peak.

All told, about 1,808 Americans have been named Alvah and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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