Alvah was the #5,137 boys' name in England & Wales in 2025 (3 babies).
Alvah as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2025
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#5,137 (3)
2024
#12,349 (5)
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2023
#9,763 (7)
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2018
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#4,749 (3)
2016
#10,744 (6)
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2015
#12,086 (5)
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1986
#6,721 (5)
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1984
#6,315 (5)
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1983
#4,907 (7)
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1982
#5,619 (6)
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1981
#5,468 (6)
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1978
#5,772 (5)
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1977
#4,582 (7)
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1976
#4,418 (7)
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1975
#4,797 (6)
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The tide so far
Peaked in England & Wales in 2025 at #5,137.
First recorded in England & Wales in 2018.
In 1941, 21% of US babies named Alvah were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 91,000 baby boys in the published England & Wales list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.