How Many People Are Named Alpheus?
people named Alpheus are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,987,121 people in the US has this name
Based on 770 babies named Alpheus in Social Security records from 1880 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
29 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Alpheus in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Alpheus alive today is about 60 years old, and 64% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 51 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Alpheus first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1917, to 29 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Alpheus has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #695, in 1882.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #695 (1882) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,877 in the 1920s |
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