boy's name

Alvey

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 471

Ireland

#696

2023 births

Alvey is a boy's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2021, when 23 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 368,460 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1909.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Alvey over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Alvey by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1900s 5
1910s 41
1920s 46
1930s 26
1940s 24
1960s 5
1970s 7
2000s 19
2020s (to 2025) 50

How popular is Alvey?

In 2025, Alvey was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Alvey is used

Ireland #696 4 in 2023
Scotland #771 3 in 2024
Canada #2,426 7 in 2021
England & Wales #2,509 9 in 2025
France #5,738 5 in 2016
United States #8,399 9 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Alvey

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Alvey also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Alvey over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Alvey

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Alvey — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Alvey

How popular is the name Alvey?

In 2025, Alvey was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Alvey a girl's or a boy's name?

Alvey is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Alvey?

Alvey has 2 syllables.

When was Alvey most popular?

Alvey peaked in 2021, when 23 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Alvey a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Alvey currently ranks #771 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.