Masculine dossier · first seen 1883

Alvan

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1927

Peak era

1927

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Greatest Generation

1883Peak 19272024

Peak year

1927

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

1,101

Alvan is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1927, when 53 boys were named Alvan.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 1,101 Americans have been named Alvan and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1883.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1927

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