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How popular is “Alvah” in the USA?

Number of people named “Alvah” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Alvah” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Alvah” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Alvah” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Alvah” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Alvah” by birth year

This chart shows how “Alvah” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 18 0.000089337 18 -100%
1881 6 0.000031138 6 -100%
1882 13 0.000058682 13 -100%
1883 18 0.00008297 18 -100%
1884 11 0.000045182 11 -100%
1885 23 0.000095494 23 -100%
1886 8 0.000031334 8 -100%
1887 10 0.000040422 10 -100%
1888 14 0.000046749 14 -100%
1889 11 0.000038069 11 -100%
1890 12 0.000039814 12 -100%
1891 9 0.000031395 9 -100%
1892 11 0.000032897 11 -100%
1893 11 0.000033823 11 -100%
1894 10 0.000029526 10 -100%
1895 14 0.000039884 14 -100%
1896 17 0.000047555 17 -100%
1897 10 0.000028822 10 -100%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 -100%
1899 10 0.000029478 10 -100%
1900 16 0.000035535 6 10 -25%
1901 7 0.000020242 7 -100%
1902 12 0.000031029 12 -100%
1905 7 0.000016512 7 -100%
1906 5 0.00001167 5 -100%
1907 9 0.000019339 9 -100%
1908 5 0.000010232 5 -100%
1909 9 0.000017605 9 -100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 -100%
1911 16 0.000024834 16 -100%
1912 25 0.000025302 25 -100%
1913 31 0.000027262 31 -100%
1914 44 0.000031066 44 -100%
1915 52 0.000028378 7 45 -73%
1916 62 0.000032051 7 55 -77%
1917 30 0.00001495 30 -100%
1918 48 0.000022108 7 41 -71%
1919 33 0.000015638 33 -100%
1920 45 0.000019888 45 -100%
1921 28 0.000011994 28 -100%
1922 35 0.000015289 7 28 -60%
1923 48 0.000020847 7 41 -71%
1924 44 0.000018475 6 38 -73%
1925 50 0.000021429 6 44 -76%
1926 49 0.000021342 8 41 -67%
1927 42 0.000018108 42 -100%
1928 35 0.00001548 6 29 -66%
1929 33 0.000015054 33 -100%
1930 36 0.000016192 36 -100%
1931 28 0.000013306 28 -100%
1932 41 0.000019419 41 -100%
1933 33 0.000016505 33 -100%
1934 28 0.000013482 28 -100%
1935 21 0.000010048 21 -100%
1936 27 0.000012996 27 -100%
1937 13 0.000006101 13 -100%
1938 19 0.000008587 19 -100%
1939 20 0.000009077 20 -100%
1940 17 0.000007383 17 -100%
1941 24 0.00000985 5 19 -58%
1942 24 0.000008785 24 -100%
1943 21 0.00000744 21 -100%
1944 24 0.000008922 24 -100%
1945 13 0.0000049 13 -100%
1946 22 0.000006885 22 -100%
1947 21 0.00000583 21 -100%
1948 11 0.000003186 11 -100%
1949 19 0.000005452 19 -100%
1950 26 0.000007421 26 -100%
1951 16 0.000004343 16 -100%
1952 16 0.000004213 16 -100%
1953 16 0.000004152 16 -100%
1954 28 0.000007034 28 -100%
1955 19 0.000004732 19 -100%
1956 21 0.000005093 21 -100%
1957 15 0.00000357 15 -100%
1958 16 0.00000387 16 -100%
1959 11 0.000002646 11 -100%
1960 7 0.000001685 7 -100%
1961 9 0.000002173 9 -100%
1962 9 0.00000223 9 -100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 -100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 -100%
1968 8 0.000002368 8 -100%
1969 10 0.000002877 10 -100%
1970 9 0.000002495 9 -100%
1971 10 0.000002913 10 -100%
1973 10 0.000003315 10 -100%
1974 7 0.000002303 7 -100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 -100%
1976 7 0.000002307 7 -100%
1977 7 0.000002204 7 -100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 -100%
1981 6 0.000001734 6 -100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 -100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 -100%
1984 5 0.000001433 5 -100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 -100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 -100%
2016 6 0.000001635 6 -100%
2023 7 0.000002114 7 -100%
2024 5 0.000001502 5 -100%

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