Alvan
Recorded 1883–2016 · United States
Alvan was most popular in 1927, when 53 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,907 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,101 people named Alvan.
Alvan over time
How old is the name Alvan?
Alvan first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1883, which makes it about 142 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 77 of the 143 years since. It was last recorded in 2016.
How many people are named Alvan?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,101 American births named Alvan between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 340 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Alvan in 2025?
Alvan was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Alvan a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Alvan is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 1,101 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% 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.
How old is someone named Alvan?
Roughly 340 Americans named Alvan are alive today — 31% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 67 years old, and half are between 46 and 78. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Alvan 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