girl's name

Alvira

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 955

Alvira is a girl's name. In 2016 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1920, when 43 babies were given the name.
  • It is a recent arrival in the birth records.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1885.

Alvira over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2016, not a full ten years.

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'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '80 '10
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Births named Alvira by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 6
1890s 18
1900s 79
1910s 272
1920s 306
1930s 130
1940s 59
1950s 36
1960s 11
1980s 5
2010s (to 2016) 5

How popular is Alvira?

In 2016, Alvira was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Alvira is used

England & Wales #4,917 4 in 2008
France #5,935 5 in 2024
United States #16,618 5 in 2016

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 Alvira

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

Parents who like Alvira also like

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

Sibling names for Alvira

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

Common questions about Alvira

How popular is the name Alvira?

In 2016, Alvira was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Alvira is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Alvira most popular?

Alvira peaked in 1920, when 43 babies were given the name. It is a recent arrival in the birth records.