Alvesta
Alvesta is a locality and the seat of Alvesta Municipality in Kronoberg County, Sweden, with 8,017 inhabitants in the urban area in 2010.
Meaning & Origin of Alvesta
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Alvesta is a locality and the seat of Alvesta Municipality in Kronoberg County, Sweden, with 8,017 inhabitants in the urban area in 2010.
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The Story of Alvesta
Alvesta first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1918, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1923, when 6 Alvestas were born — ranking #4,376 that year. As of 2026, Alvesta ranks #4,973 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 36 Alvestas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Alvesta
Alvesta is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1918 and has accumulated 36 births in the dataset. Alvesta's peak popularity came in 1923 when it ranked #4,376. Use the chart and map above to compare Alvesta's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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