Alvin

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #838in 2025
  • 1 in 5,809boys in 2025
  • −27%last ten years
  • 2.8×in Pennsylvania

Most popular in 1927. Quieter now: down 27% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

01,2792,55818801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Alvin, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880923
18811,042
18821,161
18831,080
18841,267
18851,160
18861,011
18871,262
18881,299
18891,239
18901,324
18911,196
18921,344
18931,451
18941,443
18951,525
18961,531
18971,650
18981,500
18991,629
19001,482
19011,681
19021,639
19031,862
19041,928
19051,950
19061,795
19071,669
19081,989
19092,213
19102,065
19112,036
19122,161
19132,232
19142,340
19152,364
19162,351
19172,314
19182,377
19192,431
19202,370
19212,439
19222,388
19232,415
19242,436
19252,489
19262,425
19272,558
19282,483
19292,375
19302,289
19312,211
19322,178
19332,146
19342,079
19352,079
19361,899
19371,862
19381,860
19391,753
19401,649
19411,641
19421,499
19431,543
19441,443
19451,383
19461,260
19471,211
19481,294
19491,217
19501,267
19511,267
19521,202
19531,070
19541,161
19551,146
19561,149
19571,107
19581,027
19591,059
1960936
1961884
1962827
1963740
1964732
1965714
1966695
1967702
1968640
1969593
1970585
1971582
1972543
1973558
1974516
1975548
1976488
1977464
1978487
1979473
1980487
1981450
1982432
1983394
1984382
1985381
1986367
1987390
1988359
1989411
1990365
1991343
1992317
1993330
1994288
1995288
1996263
1997287
1998273
1999271
2000266
2001278
2002275
2003241
2004244
2005258
2006251
2007252
2008323
2009237
2010256
2011244
2012266
2013242
2014241
2015237
2016248
2017237
2018215
2019222
2020218
2021186
2022202
2023197
2024185
2025172

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Pennsylvania 2.8×
  2. New York 1.8×
  3. Washington 1.4×
  4. Michigan 1.4×
  5. California 1.3×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
294
Rank in 2025
#838
How rare
1 in 5,809 boys
Since 1880
161,414

Most popular in 1927, at 2,558 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 27% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Pennsylvania2.8×81
New York1.8×84
Washington1.4×25
Michigan1.4×30
California1.3×132

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.