MyNameRoots
Baby name
Alva
Girl Boy
44% girls / 56% boys
Show the…
Classic name
Where babies named Alva are born
Loading the map…
Tap a state to see its figures.
The darker the blue, the more common Alva is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Alva is most common in Oklahoma (6.4 times), West Virginia (5.2) and Missouri (3.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
Names from the same era
Classic name
Where babies named Alva are born
Loading the map…
Tap a state to see its figures.
The darker the blue, the more common Alva is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Alva is most common in Texas (3.3 times), Kentucky (3.1) and North Carolina (2.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
Names from the same era
Born in…
Add your year to see.
Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 22% | 78% |
| 1890s | 41% | 59% |
| 1900s | 51% | 49% |
| 1910s | 42% | 58% |
| 1920s | 38% | 62% |
| 1930s | 41% | 59% |
| 1940s | 42% | 58% |
| 1950s | 53% | 47% |
| 1960s | 52% | 48% |
| 1970s | 52% | 48% |
| 1980s | 64% | 36% |
| 1990s | 60% | 40% |
| 2000s | 72% | 28% |
| 2010s | 75% | 25% |
| 2020s | 78% | 22% |