Alvis
Boy · AL-vis · Old Norse
Alvis is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “all-wise”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Alvis mean?
Old Norse: from Alviss, a dwarf in the Poetic Edda
“all-wise”
In the Old Norse poem Alvissmal, Thor keeps the dwarf Alviss talking until sunrise turns him to stone.
- Say it
- AL-vis
More on Wiktionary.
Is Alvis a girl's or a boy's name?
Alvis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alvis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Alvis, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1924, with 101 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881.
Half of all the boys named Alvis in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1958, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 31% of the babies named Alvis in the US in 1911, and 14% in 1971.
Alvis in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,855 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 23 | #2,358 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,576 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,708 |
| 1981 | 31 | #1,810 |
| 1980 | 33 | #1,726 |
| 1979 | 20 | #2,378 |
| 1978 | 31 | #1,718 |
| 1977 | 26 | #1,904 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1975 | 33 | #1,558 |
| 1974 | 25 | #1,832 |
| 1973 | 17 | #2,309 |
| 1972 | 26 | #1,721 |
| 1971 | 32 | #1,525 |
| 1970 | 35 | #1,415 |
| 1969 | 24 | #1,679 |
| 1968 | 30 | #1,427 |
| 1967 | 33 | #1,311 |
| 1966 | 42 | #1,149 |
| 1965 | 42 | #1,163 |
| 1964 | 28 | #1,486 |
| 1963 | 48 | #1,099 |
| 1962 | 40 | #1,229 |
| 1961 | 37 | #1,302 |
| 1960 | 50 | #1,097 |
| 1959 | 56 | #1,025 |
| 1958 | 60 | #977 |
| 1957 | 71 | #896 |
| 1956 | 76 | #859 |
| 1955 | 52 | #1,046 |
| 1954 | 73 | #850 |
| 1953 | 74 | #832 |
| 1952 | 54 | #967 |
| 1951 | 77 | #802 |
| 1950 | 66 | #835 |
| 1949 | 60 | #884 |
| 1948 | 68 | #823 |
| 1947 | 75 | #793 |
| 1946 | 76 | #759 |
| 1945 | 89 | #640 |
| 1944 | 77 | #707 |
| 1943 | 70 | #781 |
| 1942 | 77 | #732 |
| 1941 | 74 | #719 |
| 1940 | 76 | #694 |
| 1939 | 69 | #717 |
| 1938 | 81 | #667 |
| 1937 | 71 | #713 |
| 1936 | 59 | #797 |
| 1935 | 82 | #658 |
| 1934 | 79 | #682 |
| 1933 | 74 | #694 |
| 1932 | 90 | #626 |
| 1931 | 89 | #629 |
| 1930 | 89 | #654 |
| 1929 | 81 | #683 |
| 1928 | 80 | #708 |
| 1927 | 93 | #659 |
| 1926 | 87 | #678 |
| 1925 | 82 | #715 |
| 1924 | 101 | #638 |
| 1923 | 99 | #644 |
| 1922 | 96 | #653 |
| 1921 | 99 | #647 |
| 1920 | 98 | #635 |
| 1919 | 81 | #690 |
| 1918 | 88 | #658 |
| 1917 | 87 | #636 |
| 1916 | 78 | #671 |
| 1915 | 97 | #576 |
| 1914 | 71 | #599 |
| 1913 | 58 | #573 |
| 1912 | 53 | #552 |
| 1911 | 22 | #667 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,044 |
| 1909 | 18 | #636 |
| 1908 | 14 | #712 |
| 1907 | 13 | #735 |
| 1906 | 13 | #674 |
| 1905 | 9 | #836 |
| 1904 | 11 | #723 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,129 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 13 | #559 |
| 1900 | 9 | #901 |
| 1899 | 9 | #714 |
| 1898 | 7 | #884 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 12 | #641 |
| 1895 | 13 | #579 |
| 1894 | 10 | #667 |
| 1893 | 7 | #836 |
| 1892 | 9 | #747 |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 11 | #609 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 9 | #647 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 6 | #848 |
| 1883 | 6 | #798 |
| 1882 | 7 | #754 |
| 1881 | 7 | #705 |
Nicknames for Alvis
- Al 19 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Alvis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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