Is Alvah a boy or girl name?

Alvah is a boy’s name. Of the 1,880 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 3.8% were girls and 96.2% were boys.

Alvah

Recorded 1880–2024 · United States

Alvah was most popular in 1916, when 62 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,610 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,880 people named Alvah.

Alvah over time

Births per year. The dot marks Alvah’s peak in 1916. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Alvah a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Alvah is a boy’s name — 3.8% of the 1,880 Americans given it were girls and 96.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Alvah

Where Alvah is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Virginia 18.3×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org