Alvar

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Alvar: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

2registrars recorded it
8times a registrar ranked it
14years from first to last
#246highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2012–2023

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2012	#4805
2014	#4632
2020	#3334
2021	#4789
2022	#3449
2023	#4991

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 6 of the 12 years from 2012 to 2023.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2012–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2012
First recorded at #4805 among boys in England and Wales in 2012 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2024–2025
Highest recorded position: #246 among boys in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 2024–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #246 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Alvar appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 6 years beginning in 2012, and has registered 22 births with the name.

Alvar across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Alvar's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#4805 (2012)	#3334 (2020)	#4991 (2023)	6 of 12	22 (2012–2023)	5 (2020)
Norway · Boys	#315 (2024)	#246 (2025)	#246 (2025)	2 of 2	27 (2024–2025)	16 (2025)

Alvar appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2012 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #246 in Norway in 2025.

Alvar's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#246	16	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#315	11	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

Alvar was ranked #246 in Norway · Boys in 2025. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2012 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #246 in Norway in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Alvar

Alvar at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Alvar across 2 official records

Alvar appears in

Popularity data

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Alvar at a glance

Alvar across 2 official records

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