Alvan is a rare variant of Alvin that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Alvan is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2016. Alvan was first reported in SSA data in 1883 and peaked in 1927 (53 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | 5 | #12,287 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | #12,575 |
| 2008 | 6 | 6 | #11,107 |
| 2007 | 11 | 11 | #7,117 |
| 2006 | 6 | 6 | #10,738 |
| 2005 | 10 | 10 | #7,123 |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 | #9,624 |
| 1995 | 5 | — | #8,924 |
| 1990 | 8 | — | #5,845 |
| 1989 | 8 | — | #5,640 |
| 1986 | 7 | — | #5,355 |
| 1982 | 6 | — | #5,651 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | #5,548 |
| 1979 | 6 | — | #5,379 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | #5,811 |
| 1977 | 6 | — | #5,144 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | #4,954 |
| 1975 | 8 | — | #3,957 |
| 1974 | 8 | — | #3,849 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | #3,974 |
| 1968 | 7 | — | #3,372 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | #3,983 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | #3,960 |
| 1964 | 5 | — | #4,058 |
| 1962 | 7 | — | #3,310 |
| 1961 | 12 | — | #2,418 |
| 1960 | 8 | — | #3,085 |
| 1959 | 9 | — | #2,827 |
| 1958 | 6 | — | #3,568 |
| 1957 | 7 | — | #3,263 |
| 1956 | 8 | — | #2,981 |
| 1955 | 8 | — | #2,971 |
| 1954 | 9 | — | #2,750 |
| 1953 | 14 | — | #2,100 |
| 1952 | 11 | — | #2,377 |
| 1951 | 17 | — | #1,838 |
| 1950 | 12 | — | #2,208 |
| 1949 | 23 | — | #1,545 |
| 1948 | 10 | — | #2,444 |
| 1947 | 22 | — | #1,600 |
| 1946 | 14 | — | #1,950 |
| 1945 | 13 | — | #1,929 |
| 1944 | 19 | — | #1,577 |
| 1943 | 20 | — | #1,579 |
| 1942 | 14 | — | #1,949 |
| 1941 | 13 | — | #2,000 |
| 1940 | 10 | — | #2,327 |
| 1939 | 14 | — | #1,880 |
| 1938 | 14 | — | #1,902 |
| 1937 | 18 | — | #1,628 |
| 1936 | 16 | — | #1,725 |
| 1935 | 18 | — | #1,656 |
| 1934 | 15 | — | #1,860 |
| 1933 | 19 | — | #1,588 |
| 1932 | 32 | — | #1,198 |
| 1931 | 21 | — | #1,540 |
| 1930 | 19 | — | #1,695 |
| 1929 | 27 | — | #1,380 |
| 1928 | 25 | — | #1,480 |
| 1927 | 53 | — | #951 |
| 1926 | 48 | — | #992 |
| 1925 | 32 | — | #1,280 |
| 1924 | 28 | — | #1,415 |
| 1923 | 19 | — | #1,818 |
| 1922 | 15 | — | #2,146 |
| 1921 | 26 | — | #1,476 |
| 1920 | 27 | — | #1,420 |
| 1919 | 17 | — | #1,882 |
| 1918 | 29 | — | #1,315 |
| 1917 | 26 | — | #1,362 |
| 1916 | 25 | — | #1,375 |
| 1915 | 23 | — | #1,412 |
| 1914 | 14 | — | #1,691 |
| 1913 | 15 | — | #1,367 |
| 1912 | 13 | — | #1,357 |
| 1902 | 5 | — | #1,145 |
| 1883 | 5 | — | #896 |