unisex NAME · CURRENTLY #5567
Alva
AL-vuh
“From Scandinavian alf, "elf"; the Hebrew form can mean "exalted"”
Established name with several independent linguistic associations.
SSA POPULARITY HISTORY
How Alva has traveled through time
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LATEST YEAR202528 births
PEAK RANK#162in 1882
CURRENT USAGE78.6% F21.4% M
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration. SSA excludes names with fewer than five occurrences in a geographic area.