# Alva (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alva/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈæl.və/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 20,158 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11,269 / 8,889 (44% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 168, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 8,653 |
| 2012 | 14 | 8,231 |
| 2013 | 14 | 8,168 |
| 2014 | 12 | 9,010 |
| 2015 | 19 | 6,473 |
| 2016 | 27 | 4,999 |
| 2017 | 21 | 5,835 |
| 2018 | 28 | 4,775 |
| 2019 | 32 | 4,351 |
| 2020 | 41 | 3,616 |
| 2021 | 29 | 4,621 |
| 2022 | 29 | 4,677 |
| 2023 | 24 | 5,256 |
| 2024 | 31 | 4,480 |
| 2025 | 22 | 5,567 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 6 | 11,106 |
| 2010 | 6 | 10,831 |
| 2013 | 8 | 8,835 |
| 2014 | 6 | 10,778 |
| 2015 | 6 | 10,720 |
| 2016 | 11 | 7,170 |
| 2017 | 13 | 6,349 |
| 2018 | 10 | 7,649 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12,233 |
| 2020 | 10 | 7,524 |
| 2021 | 5 | 12,237 |
| 2022 | 10 | 7,789 |
| 2023 | 10 | 7,775 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9,029 |
| 2025 | 6 | 10,762 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,911 |
| 2018 | 17 | 1,711 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,458 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,939 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1,866 |
| 2022 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,927 |
| 2024 | 13 | 2,115 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1,809 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |

## People named Alva

- Alva Belmont, American suffragette and socialite (1853–1933)
- Alva Colquhoun, Australian swimmer
- Alva B. Adams, American politician (1875–1941)
- Alva M. Lumpkin, American politician (1886–1941)
- Alva Adams, American politician (1850-1922)
- Alva J. Fisher, American engineer and inventor (1862-1947)
- Thomas Edison, American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.