Alva is an established name used for both girls and boys that peaked in 1917 and has since faded.
Alva is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #10,762 among boys (6) and #5,567 among girls (22) — overall #8,262 across all names. The charts below show girls and boys separately.
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | 28 | #5,567 | #10,762 |
| 2024 | 39 | 39 | #4,480 | #9,029 |
| 2023 | 34 | 34 | #5,256 | #7,775 |
| 2022 | 39 | 39 | #4,677 | #7,789 |
| 2021 | 34 | 34 | #4,621 | #12,237 |
| 2020 | 51 | 51 | #3,616 | #7,524 |
| 2019 | 37 | 37 | #4,351 | #12,233 |
| 2018 | 38 | 38 | #4,775 | #7,649 |
| 2017 | 34 | 34 | #5,835 | #6,349 |
| 2016 | 38 | 38 | #4,999 | #7,170 |
| 2015 | 25 | 25 | #6,473 | #10,720 |
| 2014 | 18 | 18 | #9,010 | #10,778 |
| 2013 | 22 | 22 | #8,168 | #8,835 |
| 2012 | 14 | 14 | #8,231 | — |
| 2011 | 13 | 13 | #8,653 | — |
| 2010 | 23 | 23 | #7,236 | #10,831 |
| 2009 | 12 | 12 | #9,409 | — |
| 2008 | 21 | 21 | #8,128 | #11,106 |
| 2007 | 24 | 24 | #8,547 | #7,619 |
| 2006 | 5 | 5 | #17,325 | — |
| 2005 | 18 | 18 | #8,360 | #11,543 |
| 2004 | 26 | 26 | #6,789 | #7,559 |
| 2003 | 22 | 22 | #6,597 | #10,962 |
| 2002 | 13 | 13 | #7,849 | — |
| 2001 | 14 | 14 | #11,076 | #9,292 |
| 2000 | 29 | 29 | #5,950 | #5,936 |
| 1999 | 19 | 19 | #10,392 | #5,667 |
| 1998 | 22 | 22 | #6,734 | #6,869 |
| 1997 | 16 | — | #12,158 | #5,658 |
| 1996 | 26 | — | #5,540 | #5,996 |
| 1995 | 27 | — | #7,069 | #4,061 |
| 1994 | 20 | — | #7,120 | #6,401 |
| 1993 | 34 | — | #4,398 | #5,016 |
| 1992 | 35 | — | #4,531 | #4,332 |
| 1991 | 24 | — | #5,411 | #6,538 |
| 1990 | 38 | — | #3,910 | #4,415 |
| 1989 | 57 | — | #2,716 | #3,455 |
| 1988 | 44 | — | #3,167 | #3,713 |
| 1987 | 23 | — | #5,324 | #4,587 |
| 1986 | 34 | — | #4,193 | #3,136 |
| 1985 | 48 | — | #2,706 | #3,405 |
| 1984 | 28 | — | #4,480 | #3,467 |
| 1983 | 44 | — | #2,980 | #2,791 |
| 1982 | 48 | — | #3,260 | #2,271 |
| 1981 | 49 | — | #2,723 | #2,782 |
| 1980 | 62 | — | #2,605 | #2,059 |
| 1979 | 41 | — | #3,543 | #2,467 |
| 1978 | 59 | — | #2,862 | #1,719 |
| 1977 | 54 | — | #2,910 | #1,859 |
| 1976 | 53 | — | #2,665 | #2,001 |
| 1975 | 57 | — | #2,518 | #1,836 |
| 1974 | 54 | — | #2,683 | #1,749 |
| 1973 | 68 | — | #2,458 | #1,355 |
| 1972 | 58 | — | #2,454 | #1,604 |
| 1971 | 81 | — | #1,906 | #1,415 |
| 1970 | 83 | — | #1,828 | #1,416 |
| 1969 | 90 | — | #2,025 | #1,075 |
| 1968 | 84 | — | #1,648 | #1,284 |
| 1967 | 75 | — | #1,882 | #1,253 |
| 1966 | 83 | — | #1,700 | #1,195 |
| 1965 | 97 | — | #1,529 | #1,129 |
| 1964 | 107 | — | #1,518 | #1,059 |
| 1963 | 97 | — | #1,565 | #1,151 |
| 1962 | 127 | — | #1,278 | #1,057 |
| 1961 | 119 | — | #1,534 | #950 |
| 1960 | 119 | — | #1,430 | #983 |
| 1959 | 120 | — | #1,499 | #926 |
| 1958 | 130 | — | #1,240 | #1,006 |
| 1957 | 139 | — | #1,173 | #995 |
| 1956 | 144 | — | #1,116 | #969 |
| 1955 | 180 | — | #1,010 | #807 |
| 1954 | 157 | — | #1,039 | #892 |
| 1953 | 132 | — | #1,178 | #889 |
| 1952 | 178 | — | #1,046 | #714 |
| 1951 | 157 | — | #977 | #857 |
| 1950 | 177 | — | #1,018 | #695 |
| 1949 | 195 | — | #973 | #649 |
| 1948 | 203 | — | #923 | #633 |
| 1947 | 226 | — | #909 | #595 |
| 1946 | 193 | — | #936 | #603 |
| 1945 | 182 | — | #926 | #558 |
| 1944 | 195 | — | #836 | #579 |
| 1943 | 245 | — | #788 | #508 |
| 1942 | 222 | — | #802 | #532 |
| 1941 | 195 | — | #735 | #586 |
| 1940 | 235 | — | #702 | #497 |
| 1939 | 257 | — | #623 | #485 |
| 1938 | 256 | — | #687 | #463 |
| 1937 | 273 | — | #624 | #452 |
| 1936 | 283 | — | #638 | #416 |
| 1935 | 262 | — | #604 | #470 |
| 1934 | 274 | — | #604 | #451 |
| 1933 | 273 | — | #597 | #442 |
| 1932 | 312 | — | #559 | #424 |
| 1931 | 348 | — | #568 | #385 |
| 1930 | 328 | — | #631 | #402 |
| 1929 | 367 | — | #610 | #369 |
| 1928 | 370 | — | #545 | #416 |
| 1927 | 409 | — | #552 | #374 |
| 1926 | 415 | — | #570 | #364 |
| 1925 | 393 | — | #580 | #388 |
| 1924 | 440 | — | #560 | #362 |
| 1923 | 423 | — | #593 | #359 |
| 1922 | 420 | — | #534 | #384 |
| 1921 | 454 | — | #553 | #351 |
| 1920 | 451 | — | #541 | #353 |
| 1919 | 438 | — | #516 | #350 |
| 1918 | 469 | — | #484 | #346 |
| 1917 | 478 | — | #526 | #294 |
| 1916 | 436 | — | #481 | #330 |
| 1915 | 408 | — | #518 | #324 |
| 1914 | 299 | — | #507 | #350 |
| 1913 | 309 | — | #413 | #307 |
| 1912 | 263 | — | #414 | #312 |
| 1911 | 141 | — | #447 | #363 |
| 1910 | 141 | — | #445 | #317 |
| 1909 | 138 | — | #442 | #268 |
| 1908 | 96 | — | #464 | #389 |
| 1907 | 133 | — | #412 | #272 |
| 1906 | 129 | — | #423 | #246 |
| 1905 | 115 | — | #442 | #263 |
| 1904 | 98 | — | #470 | #273 |
| 1903 | 108 | — | #414 | #257 |
| 1902 | 114 | — | #420 | #234 |
| 1901 | 108 | — | #428 | #228 |
| 1900 | 140 | — | #408 | #237 |
| 1899 | 100 | — | #469 | #213 |
| 1898 | 123 | — | #412 | #216 |
| 1897 | 120 | — | #408 | #204 |
| 1896 | 144 | — | #334 | #219 |
| 1895 | 135 | — | #357 | #197 |
| 1894 | 126 | — | #398 | #194 |
| 1893 | 107 | — | #422 | #208 |
| 1892 | 114 | — | #420 | #202 |
| 1891 | 92 | — | #507 | #188 |
| 1890 | 103 | — | #429 | #194 |
| 1889 | 84 | — | #543 | #205 |
| 1888 | 106 | — | #439 | #202 |
| 1887 | 90 | — | #379 | #201 |
| 1886 | 85 | — | #476 | #206 |
| 1885 | 63 | — | #522 | #243 |
| 1884 | 71 | — | #735 | #209 |
| 1883 | 78 | — | #821 | #172 |
| 1882 | 98 | — | #508 | #162 |
| 1881 | 83 | — | #470 | #171 |
| 1880 | 87 | — | #404 | #180 |