Alvin

given name · English · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Alvin is a given name, most frequently recorded in the Philippines. In Jamaica it is the 21st most common given name. It appears chiefly in English and Spanish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: A male given name from Old English.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines1 in 1.2K◐
  • SGSingapore1 in 1.3K
  • JMJamaica1 in 2.1K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈91K ●

across 13 countries

4 ●

recorded for this name

Sources
474 ●

1.3M records

Official registry-verified

1 in 1.3K ◐

Guyana

Spellings & scripts●

AlvinLatin · English●1.2M records
אלוויןHebrew · Hebrew●205 records
ᲐლვინGeorgian · Georgian●18 records
앨빈Hangul · Korean●0 records

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

A male given name from Old English.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Alvin is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines#125143,709126K rec.——Alvin156
US United States#44272,755977K rec.1 in 4.6K73KAlvin474
GB United Kingdom#53638,37938K rec.—listedAlvin137
CA Canada#50021,99220K rec.—4Alvin164
AU Australia#70516,75917K rec.—3Alvin149
MY Malaysia#41811,4819.2K rec.—911Alvin114
SG Singapore#688,2428.1K rec.——Alvin140
SE Sweden—7,351△1K rec.1 in 1.4K7.4KAlvin50
IT Italy#8635,7755.9K rec.—20Alvin40
DE Germany—4,5334.4K rec.—7Alvin96
IN India—3,4144.6K rec.—40Alvin106
RU Russia—2,7002.8K rec.——Alvin21

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

  • English1.2M74%
  • Spanish136K8%
  • Swahili42K3%
  • Indonesian37K2%
  • French27K2%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
English1,225,99674%
Spanish136,1258%
Swahili41,8373%
Indonesian37,2652%
French26,5332%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Alvin is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name208K records spelled Alvin57 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Peru, France

    Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

    Also written Alvan, Alván, Alviñ, Alvín, Alvïn

  • Indonesian given name49K records spelled Alvin7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, United States

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written 'Alvin, Alvin', Ålvin, Ãlvin, Áĺvĩń

  • a separate given name17K records spelled Alvin2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Canada

    Also written Alvín

  • Polish given name7.2K records spelled Alvin40 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Poland, Czechia, Russia

    Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

    Also written Альвин, Алвин, Альвін, Олвин, Alvine

  • English given name4.4K records spelled Alvin141 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Netherlands, Peru

    Languages: English, German, Western Frisian

    Also written Edwin, Edvin, אדווין

64 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Alvin is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Swedish, Alvin är ett germanskt namn, sammansatt av → Alf-, Alv- eller → Adel- och fornhögtyskt wini (→ vin). En engelsk motsvarighet är → Elvin (Elwin). Det har varit ett populärt pojknamn under 2000-talet. I den finlandssvenska almanackan 9 mars.

    as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

  • Amico degli elfi

    as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

  • In Finnish, instructive plural of alpi

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

01K2K3K1900195020002.9K · 1927

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Alvin in SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present), United States, 1880–2025
Yearrecords
1880102
1881105
1882132
1883113
1884145
1885125
1886112
1887128
1888157
1889137
1890147
1891121
1892164
1893163
1894167
1895179
1896183
1897186
1898184
1899173
1900223
1901179
1902201
1903222
1904247
1905258
1906239
1907245
1908307
1909363
1910401
1911460
1912929
19131,144
19141,532
19152,006
19162,093
19172,142
19182,409
19192,383
19202,523
19212,686
19222,599
19232,647
19242,759
19252,777
19262,693
19272,883
19282,750
19292,555
19302,512
19312,299
19322,274
19332,128
19342,147
19352,165
19361,970
19371,986
19382,063
19391,940
19401,911
19412,016
19422,071
19432,203
19441,967
19451,861
19462,047
19472,215
19482,270
19492,158
19502,269
19512,385
19522,336
19532,110
19542,367
19552,360
19562,431
19572,388
19582,180
19592,261
19601,995
19611,877
19621,711
19631,503
19641,459
19651,328
19661,239
19671,225
19681,112
19691,060
19701,087
19711,029
1972881
1973870
1974811
1975856
1976766
1977762
1978800
1979815
1980868
1981806
1982783
1983706
1984690
1985705
1986676
1987729
1988688
1989823
1990749
1991693
1992633
1993648
1994556
1995548
1996499
1997541
1998521
1999520
2000522
2001541
2002533
2003477
2004484
2005516
2006516
2007522
2008658
2009471
2010492
2011464
2012505
2013458
2014462
2015455
2016471
2017439
2018390
2019399
2020377
2021325
2022352
2023337
2024318
2025294

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

1850190019502000Alvin Kraenzlein, b. 1876Alvin York, b. 1887Tony Martin, b. 1913Alvin Sargent, b. 1927Alvin Toffler, b. 1928Alvin Ailey, b. 1931Alvin Plantinga, b. 1932Alvin E. Roth, b. 1951Alvin Robertson, b. 1962Chris Stapleton, b. 1978
  • Alvin Kraenzleinb. 1876USAmerican athletics competitor (1876-1928)
  • Alvin Yorkb. 1887USUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1887-1964)
  • Tony Martinb. 1913USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor and singer (1913-2012)
  • Alvin Sargentb. 1927USAmerican screenwriter (1927–2019)
  • Alvin Tofflerb. 1928USAmerican writer, futurist and businessman
  • Alvin Aileyb. 1931USAfrican-American dancer, choreographer and activist (1931-1989)
  • Alvin Plantingab. 1932USAmerican Christian philosopher
  • Alvin E. Rothb. 1951USAmerican economist, professor
  • Alvin Robertsonb. 1962USAmerican basketball player (born 1962)
  • Chris Stapletonb. 1978USnot in their usual nameAmerican country musician

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Attested in 107 sources across 60 countries.

Official registers attesting Alvin
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202073K#701
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—7.4K#487
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)20205.6K—
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—2.7K#891
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)20241.8K#1,487
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.1K#22,886
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101.1K#22,827
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001K#22,891
MY Malaysiadata.gov.my — Baby Name Popularity Dashboard (HTML-embedded JSON)—911—
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—897#348
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—876#1,583
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—792#10,668

Reference works 4

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 949 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Alvin?
We estimate roughly 91 thousand people bear Alvin (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.
In which country does Alvin have the most bearers?
Alvin is most frequently recorded in the Philippines, where it is most often spelled alvin.
How common is Alvin compared with other names?
In the Philippines, Alvin is the 125th most common given name of 462,140 given names recorded there.
Is Alvin a male or female name?
Alvin is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Alvin mean?
Recorded meaning: A male given name from Old English.
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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Alvin” — the 125th most common given name in Philippines. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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