Meaning and history
Alvis comes from the Old Norse Alvíss, meaning “all wise.” In Norse mythology, it was the name of a dwarf who was meant to marry Thor’s daughter Thrud, but Thor thwarted the plan by questioning him until sunrise, when the dwarf was turned to stone.
20062006: 9 births, rank #7,998
2007: 7 births, rank #9,788
2008: 14 births, rank #6,070
2009: 7 births, rank #9,864
2010: no US SSA record for this spelling
20112011: 10 births, rank #7,502
2012: 13 births, rank #6,306
2013: 12 births, rank #6,603
2014: 11 births, rank #7,048
2015: 20 births, rank #4,711
20162016: 12 births, rank #6,726
2017: 13 births, rank #6,338
2018: 19 births, rank #4,918
2019: 11 births, rank #7,173
2020: 8 births, rank #8,739
20212021: 13 births, rank #6,335
2022: 12 births, rank #6,828
2023: 14 births, rank #6,220
2024: 13 births, rank #6,469
20252025: 13 births, rank #6,446
Alvis moved from #897 to #978 for boys between 1957 and 1958. Its highest annual birth count came in 1924, with 101 births.