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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Alvan” in the USA?

Number of people named “Alvan” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Alvan” 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 “Alvan” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Alvan” by birth year

This chart shows how “Alvan” 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
1883 5 0.000023047 5 -100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 -100%
1912 13 0.000013157 13 -100%
1913 15 0.000013191 15 -100%
1914 14 0.000009885 14 -100%
1915 23 0.000012552 23 -100%
1916 25 0.000012924 25 -100%
1917 26 0.000012956 26 -100%
1918 29 0.000013357 29 -100%
1919 17 0.000008056 17 -100%
1920 27 0.000011933 27 -100%
1921 26 0.000011137 26 -100%
1922 15 0.000006553 15 -100%
1923 19 0.000008252 19 -100%
1924 28 0.000011757 28 -100%
1925 32 0.000013714 32 -100%
1926 48 0.000020907 48 -100%
1927 53 0.000022851 53 -100%
1928 25 0.000011057 25 -100%
1929 27 0.000012317 27 -100%
1930 19 0.000008546 19 -100%
1931 21 0.000009979 21 -100%
1932 32 0.000015157 32 -100%
1933 19 0.000009503 19 -100%
1934 15 0.000007223 15 -100%
1935 18 0.000008613 18 -100%
1936 16 0.000007701 16 -100%
1937 18 0.000008448 18 -100%
1938 14 0.000006327 14 -100%
1939 14 0.000006354 14 -100%
1940 10 0.000004343 10 -100%
1941 13 0.000005336 13 -100%
1942 14 0.000005125 14 -100%
1943 20 0.000007086 20 -100%
1944 19 0.000007063 19 -100%
1945 13 0.0000049 13 -100%
1946 14 0.000004381 14 -100%
1947 22 0.000006107 22 -100%
1948 10 0.000002896 10 -100%
1949 23 0.0000066 23 -100%
1950 12 0.000003425 12 -100%
1951 17 0.000004615 17 -100%
1952 11 0.000002896 11 -100%
1953 14 0.000003633 14 -100%
1954 9 0.000002261 9 -100%
1955 8 0.000001992 8 -100%
1956 8 0.00000194 8 -100%
1957 7 0.000001666 7 -100%
1958 6 0.000001451 6 -100%
1959 9 0.000002165 9 -100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 -100%
1961 12 0.000002897 12 -100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 -100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 -100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 -100%
1968 7 0.000002072 7 -100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 -100%
1974 8 0.000002632 8 -100%
1975 8 0.00000265 8 -100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 -100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 -100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 -100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 -100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 -100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 -100%
1986 7 0.000001968 7 -100%
1989 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
1990 8 0.000002024 8 -100%
1995 5 0.000001365 5 -100%
2003 6 0.000001578 6 -100%
2005 10 0.000002601 10 -100%
2006 6 0.000001517 6 -100%
2007 11 0.000002752 11 -100%
2008 6 0.000001526 6 -100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 -100%

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