Alven is a rare variant of Alvin that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Alven is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2012. Alven first appears in 1905 and peaked in 1922 (20 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | #12,576 |
| 2004 | 5 | 5 | #11,425 |
| 1997 | 5 | — | #9,313 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | #6,563 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | #5,008 |
| 1964 | 5 | — | #4,059 |
| 1960 | 5 | — | #4,051 |
| 1959 | 6 | — | #3,629 |
| 1957 | 5 | — | #4,004 |
| 1956 | 5 | — | #3,953 |
| 1954 | 8 | — | #2,947 |
| 1952 | 5 | — | #3,751 |
| 1951 | 12 | — | #2,249 |
| 1949 | 6 | — | #3,309 |
| 1946 | 8 | — | #2,697 |
| 1945 | 7 | — | #2,750 |
| 1944 | 10 | — | #2,313 |
| 1943 | 10 | — | #2,408 |
| 1942 | 7 | — | #2,947 |
| 1941 | 11 | — | #2,208 |
| 1940 | 8 | — | #2,673 |
| 1939 | 12 | — | #2,055 |
| 1938 | 13 | — | #1,983 |
| 1937 | 6 | — | #3,184 |
| 1936 | 15 | — | #1,802 |
| 1935 | 5 | — | #3,660 |
| 1934 | 13 | — | #2,025 |
| 1933 | 10 | — | #2,372 |
| 1931 | 11 | — | #2,332 |
| 1930 | 11 | — | #2,449 |
| 1929 | 13 | — | #2,204 |
| 1928 | 17 | — | #1,903 |
| 1927 | 14 | — | #2,201 |
| 1926 | 12 | — | #2,438 |
| 1925 | 11 | — | #2,593 |
| 1924 | 15 | — | #2,135 |
| 1923 | 11 | — | #2,620 |
| 1922 | 20 | — | #1,768 |
| 1921 | 14 | — | #2,268 |
| 1920 | 11 | — | #2,607 |
| 1919 | 13 | — | #2,269 |
| 1918 | 11 | — | #2,546 |
| 1917 | 12 | — | #2,282 |
| 1916 | 11 | — | #2,393 |
| 1915 | 12 | — | #2,187 |
| 1913 | 6 | — | #2,506 |
| 1912 | 5 | — | #2,553 |
| 1907 | 5 | — | #1,352 |
| 1905 | 5 | — | #1,238 |