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Alpha: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 71 in 2025. Its best rank was #491 in 1882.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #491 in 1882; #2,079 in 2025. About 92% of babies named Alpha in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,079 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1882, at #491.
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Alpha: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 71 boys in 2025. Peak: #491 in 1882 · most boys in one year: 75 (2024).
In 2025, 71 US boys were named Alpha, making it the 2,079th most common boys’ name of the year, down 49 places from #2,030 in 2024. That is 4 fewer than the 75 boys named Alpha in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #491, reached in 1882. The most boys given the name in a single year was 75, in 2024. For comparison, it was #2,769 in 2015 and #1,815 in 1950.
In 2025, 6 US girls were named Alpha, making it the 13,298th most common girls’ name of the year, up 2,120 places from #15,418 in 2024. That is 1 more than the 5 girls named Alpha in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #301, reached in 1881. The most girls given the name in a single year was 198, in 1916. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #1,411 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Alpha in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 32 babies with the name. In all, 10,045 US babies have been given the name, 72% of them girls and 28% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1910s, with 1,770 babies named Alpha.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 606 US boys were named Alpha; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 75. In 2025 that was about 1 in 24,057 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Alpha ranked highest in New York in 2025, at #663 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 49 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 22 | #663 | #952 |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,272 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,298 | 71 | #2,079 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,418 | 75 | #2,030 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,247 | 54 | #2,480 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,284 | 61 | #2,325 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,607 | 49 | #2,627 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,224 | 66 | #2,113 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,717 | 67 | #2,131 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,822 | 50 | #2,547 |
| 2017 | — | — | 52 | #2,450 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,841 | 61 | #2,209 |
| 2015 | — | — | 43 | #2,769 |
| 2014 | — | — | 43 | #2,757 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,714 | 41 | #2,805 |
| 2012 | — | — | 38 | #3,006 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,439 | 33 | #3,311 |
| 2010 | — | — | 44 | #2,732 |
| 2009 | — | — | 50 | #2,529 |
| 2008 | — | — | 50 | #2,516 |
| 2007 | 7 | #14,018 | 46 | #2,643 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,256 | 51 | #2,404 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,961 | 41 | #2,658 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,275 | 32 | #3,078 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,946 | 40 | #2,546 |
| 2002 | — | — | 38 | #2,560 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,393 | 39 | #2,489 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,604 | 35 | #2,623 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,391 | 33 | #2,609 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,374 | 20 | #3,598 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,664 | 17 | #3,886 |
| 1996 | 34 | #3,363 | 15 | #4,190 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,492 | 14 | #4,289 |
| 1994 | — | — | 13 | #4,544 |
| 1993 | — | — | 16 | #3,826 |
| 1992 | — | — | 7 | #6,690 |
| 1991 | — | — | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,239 | 7 | #6,430 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,551 | 12 | #4,277 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,713 | — | — |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,876 | 5 | #6,988 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,147 | 7 | #5,352 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,474 | 8 | #4,716 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,175 | 11 | #3,711 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,234 | 14 | #3,074 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,554 | 13 | #3,290 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,898 | 11 | #3,610 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,555 | 7 | #4,954 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,437 | 15 | #2,903 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,940 | 15 | #2,800 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,219 | 7 | #4,606 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,367 | 9 | #3,730 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,170 | 11 | #3,254 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,729 | 13 | #2,805 |
| 1973 | 15 | #3,978 | 12 | #2,859 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,116 | 14 | #2,538 |
| 1971 | 17 | #3,654 | 10 | #3,153 |
| 1970 | 17 | #3,583 | 7 | #3,849 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,428 | 10 | #2,868 |
| 1968 | 12 | #4,004 | — | — |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,993 | 9 | #2,765 |
| 1966 | 11 | #3,967 | 12 | #2,331 |
| 1965 | 20 | #2,744 | 8 | #2,988 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,363 | 14 | #2,207 |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,625 | 8 | #3,046 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,923 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 1961 | 21 | #2,676 | 12 | #2,416 |
| 1960 | 17 | #2,991 | 9 | #2,875 |
| 1959 | 29 | #2,108 | 10 | #2,665 |
| 1958 | 23 | #2,377 | 7 | #3,282 |
| 1957 | 20 | #2,564 | 15 | #2,095 |
| 1956 | 31 | #1,931 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1955 | 21 | #2,411 | 8 | #2,970 |
| 1954 | 21 | #2,380 | 14 | #2,117 |
| 1953 | 23 | #2,173 | 11 | #2,392 |
| 1952 | 31 | #1,783 | 16 | #1,939 |
| 1951 | 35 | #1,611 | 13 | #2,139 |
| 1950 | 42 | #1,411 | 17 | #1,815 |
| 1949 | 33 | #1,628 | 19 | #1,704 |
| 1948 | 47 | #1,345 | 16 | #1,882 |
| 1947 | 53 | #1,239 | 13 | #2,172 |
| 1946 | 59 | #1,108 | 16 | #1,815 |
| 1945 | 43 | #1,213 | 11 | #2,133 |
| 1944 | 65 | #964 | 7 | #2,867 |
| 1943 | 51 | #1,124 | 11 | #2,281 |
| 1942 | 65 | #970 | — | — |
| 1941 | 52 | #1,013 | 15 | #1,823 |
| 1940 | 72 | #841 | 17 | #1,681 |
| 1939 | 61 | #898 | 10 | #2,289 |
| 1938 | 71 | #840 | 18 | #1,615 |
| 1937 | 77 | #778 | 16 | #1,757 |
| 1936 | 73 | #791 | 14 | #1,874 |
| 1935 | 91 | #705 | 20 | #1,540 |
| 1934 | 99 | #671 | 16 | #1,785 |
| 1933 | 88 | #693 | 18 | #1,646 |
| 1932 | 91 | #712 | 28 | #1,287 |
| 1931 | 102 | #656 | 23 | #1,459 |
| 1930 | 84 | #768 | 22 | #1,559 |
| 1929 | 100 | #698 | 15 | #2,004 |
| 1928 | 125 | #628 | 16 | #1,960 |
| 1927 | 159 | #562 | 30 | #1,350 |
| 1926 | 126 | #640 | 20 | #1,721 |
| 1925 | 143 | #609 | 25 | #1,495 |
| 1924 | 147 | #619 | 31 | #1,330 |
| 1923 | 161 | #567 | 26 | #1,461 |
| 1922 | 166 | #552 | 41 | #1,109 |
| 1921 | 179 | #529 | 30 | #1,360 |
| 1920 | 188 | #505 | 23 | #1,592 |
| 1919 | 189 | #487 | 27 | #1,386 |
| 1918 | 179 | #513 | 24 | #1,500 |
| 1917 | 191 | #469 | 39 | #1,063 |
| 1916 | 198 | #451 | 30 | #1,208 |
| 1915 | 182 | #455 | 30 | #1,181 |
| 1914 | 135 | #470 | 23 | #1,223 |
| 1913 | 148 | #403 | 25 | #996 |
| 1912 | 111 | #447 | 20 | #1,024 |
| 1911 | 110 | #385 | 9 | #1,194 |
| 1910 | 94 | #406 | 6 | #1,427 |
| 1909 | 86 | #395 | — | — |
| 1908 | 96 | #368 | 9 | #948 |
| 1907 | 87 | #376 | 10 | #871 |
| 1906 | 74 | #399 | 7 | #1,008 |
| 1905 | 73 | #394 | 5 | #1,237 |
| 1904 | 97 | #333 | 5 | #1,211 |
| 1903 | 85 | #341 | — | — |
| 1902 | 81 | #354 | 14 | #584 |
| 1901 | 71 | #360 | 12 | #598 |
| 1900 | 78 | #378 | 6 | #1,169 |
| 1899 | 88 | #319 | 6 | #932 |
| 1898 | 75 | #362 | 6 | #1,003 |
| 1897 | 75 | #339 | 11 | #652 |
| 1896 | 82 | #321 | 6 | #984 |
| 1895 | 75 | #330 | — | — |
| 1894 | 72 | #328 | 9 | #731 |
| 1893 | 62 | #340 | — | — |
| 1892 | 59 | #343 | 10 | #690 |
| 1891 | 59 | #325 | 7 | #769 |
| 1890 | 57 | #337 | 8 | #739 |
| 1889 | 58 | #321 | 7 | #796 |
| 1888 | 47 | #347 | 6 | #920 |
| 1887 | 42 | #328 | 5 | #931 |
| 1886 | 38 | #346 | 8 | #698 |
| 1885 | 35 | #337 | 12 | #548 |
| 1884 | 27 | #385 | 12 | #547 |
| 1883 | 32 | #314 | 11 | #556 |
| 1882 | 29 | #326 | 14 | #491 |
| 1881 | 27 | #301 | 9 | #596 |
| 1880 | 26 | #310 | 6 | #813 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).