Is Alvera a boy or girl name?

Alvera is a girl’s name. Of the 2,515 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Alvera

Recorded 1891–2008 · United States

Alvera was most popular in 1918, when 113 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,229 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,515 people named Alvera.

Alvera over time

Births per year. The dot marks Alvera’s peak in 1918. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Alvera a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Alvera is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,515 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were 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 Alvera

Where Alvera is most concentrated

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

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