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.