NameTides

Alvin

Alvin was the #838 boys' name in the US in 2025 (294 babies), and #934 in England & Wales and #837 in Canada.

Alvin as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Alvin as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSIrelandEngland & Wales
Alvin as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#838 (294)#934 (33)——#829 (3)#837 (31)
2024#791 (318)#1,132 (25)——#785 (3)#959 (26)
2023#765 (337)#890 (35)——#770 (3)#693 (37)
2022#737 (352)#1,058 (27)———#648 (41)
2021#770 (325)#907 (33)——#755 (3)#753 (35)
2020#681 (377)#1,051 (26)———#619 (41)
2019#663 (399)#813 (38)———#557 (49)
2018#655 (390)#932 (31)———#582 (46)
2017#603 (439)#730 (47)——#710 (3)#457 (63)
2016#585 (471)#1,187 (23)———#565 (48)
2015#601 (455)#753 (43)———#538 (51)
2014#595 (462)#866 (34)#680 (3)——#470 (63)
2013#569 (458)#762 (42)#687 (3)——#598 (45)
2012#521 (505)#704 (47)———#505 (54)
2011#548 (464)#907 (32)———#557 (46)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1927 at #66.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,800 baby boys in the published US 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 5,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 8,300uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Alvin is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,100 to 1 in 6,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alvin by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #618WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #684WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #935ILMichigan: #999MINew York: #545NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #571IAIndiana: #579INOhio: #750OHPennsylvania: #458PANew Jersey: #915NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #627CAUtah: #561UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #518MOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #781AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: #1,144NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #685ALGeorgia: #792GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,415TXFlorida: #1,478FL
Alvin (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#79414

Alvin (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AlvinCanadaBoys#83731
AlvinEngland & WalesBoys#93433
AlvinIrelandBoys#8293
AlvinNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AlvinNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AlvinScotlandBoys—too few
AlvinUSGirls—too few
AlvinUSBoys#838294