How Many People Are Named Alpha?
people named Alpha are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 108,023 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,045 babies named Alpha in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
230 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the name of the first letter in the Greek alphabet, Α.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Alpha, 42.2% were girls and 57.8% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Alpha fell from 80% in the 1880s to 10.5% in the 2020s. It was highest in the 1900s, at 92.4%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Alpha alive today is about 40 years old, and 49% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 70 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Alpha first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1917, to 230 babies. In 2025, 77 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Alpha has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #301, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #13,293. Among boys, its best rank was #491, in 1882.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #13,293 | #2,079 |
| Best rank | #301 (1881) | #491 (1882) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #460 in the 1910s | #2,616 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Alpha alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Alpha were born in New York than in any other state: about 438 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alpha was given 6.4 times as often in Kentucky, 4.7 times in Oklahoma and 3.4 times in Arkansas.
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