Alva Boy Name

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The name Alva is of Hebrew origin, and is a variation of Alvah. The table below indicates the number of times the name Alva has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Alva**
Use of the Name Alva for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
10,187	447	0	0	0	0	0

The table below indicates the number of times the name Alva has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. Alva last appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1961, the last year shown on the table. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Alva**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880	180	70	405	17
1881	171	70	470	13
1882	162	85	508	13
1883	172	72	821	6
1884	209	62	735	9
1885	243	46	523	17
1886	206	64	476	21
1887	201	58	379	32
1888	202	74	439	32
1889	205	62	543	22
1890	194	68	429	35
1891	188	66	507	26
1892	202	74	420	40
1893	208	66	422	41
1894	194	76	398	50
1895	197	74	357	61
1896	219	68	334	76
1897	204	69	409	51
1898	215	67	412	56
1899	213	61	469	39
1900	237	73	408	67
1901	228	59	428	49
1902	233	60	420	54
1903	258	50	413	58
1904	273	49	470	49
1905	263	57	442	58
1906	246	64	423	65
1907	272	59	412	74
1908	389	36	464	60
1909	268	68	441	70
1910	317	61	445	80
1911	363	58	452	81
1912	312	138	415	125
1913	307	167	413	142
1914	350	178	508	120
1915	324	261	514	147
1916	330	261	480	176
1917	295	316	525	161
1918	347	275	484	196
1919	352	263	514	175
1920	352	278	540	173
1921	347	290	554	165
1922	385	243	533	175
1923	358	274	596	148
1924	360	274	567	165
1925	386	239	571	158
1926	364	258	573	153
1927	372	246	551	164
1928	415	209	549	162
1929	371	241	603	128
1930	402	208	634	119
1931	386	210	569	134
1932	424	174	557	137
1933	441	156	597	117
1934	452	154	606	118
1935	467	148	599	118
1936	415	177	642	105
1937	452	154	626	118
1938	460	158	687	100
1939	490	137	625	117
1940	496	138	702	98
1941	586	102	737	93
1942	533	131	804	91
1943	510	149	788	97
1944	586	109	834	83
1945	566	114	917	68
1946	597	116	944	77
1947	597	129	913	94
1948	635	114	919	89
1949	651	111	969	85
1950	685	98
1951	848	67	981	90
1952	719	95
1953	892	64
1954	876	70
1955	810	81
1956	968	59
1957	992	58
1958	996	58
1959	943	66
1960	980	60
1961	947	65
Totals:		10,187		6,403

During the last 125 years, parents have used Alva as a boy's name about 61% of the time and as a girl's name about 38% of the time. This name has been considered suitable for either boys or girls. Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Alva appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 82 times during the last 125 years.

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Alva Boy Name

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