NewName Shortlist 0 Meaning This name is in the birth records, but its history has not yet been added to the library. We add meanings only when they can be given with a source.
Its wave through time Most used in the 2010s
In the United States 0 5 10 15 20 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 2012 per 100,000 babies of that sex 4,502 babies given this name since 1981 At its height in 2012, about 1 in 5,600 girls 98 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Alfred Boy From Old English Ælfræd, ælf 'elf' and ræd 'counsel'. Viking & Saxon · peak 1928 Alvin Boy From Old English Ælfwine, from ælf 'elf' and wine 'friend'. Victorian · peak 1927 Alfonso Boy Visigothic, from adal 'noble' (or hild 'battle') and funs 'ready, eager'. Early Medieval · peak 1930 Alivia Girl A modern spelling of Olivia, a name first recorded in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and usually linked to Latin oliva… Modern · peak 2009 Alva Girl Uncertain. Usually linked to Old Norse álfr 'elf', but other sources are possible, and it was rarely used before the… Modern · peak 1882 Álvaro Boy Uncertain. Probably Germanic; proposals include elements meaning 'all' and 'cautious' or 'elf' and 'army'. Middle Ages · peak 2000 Alphonse Boy From Visigothic, probably adal 'noble' and funs 'ready, eager'. Victorian · peak 1914 · forgotten Alvar Boy From Old Norse álfr 'elf' and herr 'army, warrior'. Victorian Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.