Alpha Boy
How popular is Alpha?
#2,077 boy name in 2025
71 baby boys were named Alpha in the US in 2025, making it the 2077th most popular boy name. Another 6 girls got the name (#13,204 for girls).
Alpha popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,077 for boys (▼ 49 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 71 boys, 6 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+65% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,765 in 2015, #2,113 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (75 boys) |
| Highest rank | #489 in 1882 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 89% boys, 11% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Alpha counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Alpha family of names ranked #1,653 for boys in 2025 (#1,633 the year before), with 79 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alpha | 71 | 90% |
| Alfa | 8 | 10% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Alpha is most popular
Babies named Alpha per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (75 boys)
- Maryland: 0.1 per 1,000 (8 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- Ohio: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
Alpha by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 90 | #489 |
| 1890s | 63 | #652 |
| 1900s | 68 | #582 |
| 1910s | 233 | #995 |
| 1920s | 257 | #1,107 |
| 1930s | 185 | #1,286 |
| 1940s | 125 | #1,680 |
| 1950s | 121 | #1,814 |
| 1960s | 92 | #2,204 |
| 1970s | 113 | #2,533 |
| 1980s | 88 | #3,070 |
| 1990s | 152 | #2,604 |
| 2000s | 422 | #2,397 |
| 2010s | 472 | #2,128 |
| 2020s | 376 | #2,028 |
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Questions
- Is Alpha a boy or girl name?
- Alpha is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 89% of babies named Alpha were boys.
- How popular is the name Alpha?
- 71 baby boys were named Alpha in the US in 2025, making it the 2077th most popular boy name. Another 6 girls got the name (#13,204 for girls).
- When was Alpha most popular?
- Alpha peaked in 2024, when 75 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #489 in 1882.
- How many people are named Alpha?
- 10,045 babies have been named Alpha in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,270 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 36.
- Where is Alpha most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Alpha was most common in New York, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.