Alpha is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #4227 for girl births in the United States, given to 77 babies. Alpha first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1917 (230 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77 | #4,227 |
| 2024 | 80 | #4,138 |
| 2023 | 62 | #4,886 |
| 2022 | 69 | #4,549 |
| 2021 | 59 | #4,995 |
| 2020 | 73 | #4,253 |
| 2019 | 84 | #3,915 |
| 2018 | 55 | #5,208 |
| 2017 | 52 | #5,411 |
| 2016 | 69 | #4,498 |
| 2015 | 43 | #6,194 |
| 2014 | 43 | #6,176 |
| 2013 | 46 | #5,866 |
| 2012 | 38 | #6,807 |
| 2011 | 40 | #6,527 |
| 2010 | 44 | #6,149 |
| 2009 | 50 | #5,722 |
| 2008 | 50 | #5,729 |
| 2007 | 53 | #5,527 |
| 2006 | 57 | #5,090 |
| 2005 | 50 | #5,337 |
| 2004 | 38 | #6,266 |
| 2003 | 46 | #5,388 |
| 2002 | 38 | #5,950 |
| 2001 | 49 | #4,938 |
| 2000 | 48 | #4,925 |
| 1999 | 41 | #5,239 |
| 1998 | 39 | #5,293 |
| 1997 | 39 | #5,103 |
| 1996 | 49 | #4,274 |
| 1995 | 19 | #8,122 |
| 1994 | 13 | #10,666 |
| 1993 | 16 | #9,115 |
| 1992 | 7 | #15,908 |
| 1991 | 10 | #12,336 |
| 1990 | 14 | #9,621 |
| 1989 | 24 | #6,336 |
| 1988 | 9 | #11,615 |
| 1987 | 11 | #9,665 |
| 1986 | 16 | #7,305 |
| 1985 | 18 | #6,608 |
| 1984 | 17 | #6,633 |
| 1983 | 24 | #5,235 |
| 1982 | 18 | #6,431 |
| 1981 | 22 | #5,625 |
| 1980 | 19 | #6,197 |
| 1979 | 27 | #4,802 |
| 1978 | 28 | #4,483 |
| 1977 | 19 | #5,816 |
| 1976 | 23 | #4,913 |
| 1975 | 22 | #4,975 |
| 1974 | 25 | #4,456 |
| 1973 | 27 | #4,131 |
| 1972 | 24 | #4,401 |
| 1971 | 27 | #4,153 |
| 1970 | 24 | #4,387 |
| 1969 | 21 | #4,466 |
| 1968 | 12 | #5,992 |
| 1967 | 17 | #4,687 |
| 1966 | 23 | #3,907 |
| 1965 | 28 | #3,530 |
| 1964 | 24 | #3,920 |
| 1963 | 30 | #3,429 |
| 1962 | 28 | #3,551 |
| 1961 | 33 | #3,250 |
| 1960 | 26 | #3,677 |
| 1959 | 39 | #2,884 |
| 1958 | 30 | #3,264 |
| 1957 | 35 | #3,013 |
| 1956 | 41 | #2,728 |
| 1955 | 29 | #3,242 |
| 1954 | 35 | #2,883 |
| 1953 | 34 | #2,858 |
| 1952 | 47 | #2,388 |
| 1951 | 48 | #2,285 |
| 1950 | 59 | #2,021 |
| 1949 | 52 | #2,149 |
| 1948 | 63 | #1,924 |
| 1947 | 66 | #1,885 |
| 1946 | 75 | #1,677 |
| 1945 | 54 | #1,846 |
| 1944 | 72 | #1,588 |
| 1943 | 62 | #1,780 |
| 1942 | 65 | #1,707 |
| 1941 | 67 | #1,592 |
| 1940 | 89 | #1,326 |
| 1939 | 71 | #1,479 |
| 1938 | 89 | #1,317 |
| 1937 | 93 | #1,277 |
| 1936 | 87 | #1,314 |
| 1935 | 111 | #1,135 |
| 1934 | 115 | #1,138 |
| 1933 | 106 | #1,159 |
| 1932 | 119 | #1,114 |
| 1931 | 125 | #1,077 |
| 1930 | 106 | #1,219 |
| 1929 | 115 | #1,175 |
| 1928 | 141 | #1,078 |
| 1927 | 189 | #930 |
| 1926 | 146 | #1,063 |
| 1925 | 168 | #1,007 |
| 1924 | 178 | #991 |
| 1923 | 187 | #940 |
| 1922 | 207 | #879 |
| 1921 | 209 | #889 |
| 1920 | 211 | #864 |
| 1919 | 216 | #836 |
| 1918 | 203 | #871 |
| 1917 | 230 | #788 |
| 1916 | 228 | #769 |
| 1915 | 212 | #782 |
| 1914 | 158 | #804 |
| 1913 | 173 | #668 |
| 1912 | 131 | #733 |
| 1911 | 119 | #609 |
| 1910 | 100 | #632 |
| 1909 | 86 | #634 |
| 1908 | 105 | #541 |
| 1907 | 97 | #560 |
| 1906 | 81 | #597 |
| 1905 | 78 | #597 |
| 1904 | 102 | #492 |
| 1903 | 85 | #529 |
| 1902 | 95 | #495 |
| 1901 | 83 | #511 |
| 1900 | 84 | #580 |
| 1899 | 94 | #466 |
| 1898 | 81 | #535 |
| 1897 | 86 | #492 |
| 1896 | 88 | #496 |
| 1895 | 75 | #523 |
| 1894 | 81 | #493 |
| 1893 | 62 | #556 |
| 1892 | 69 | #533 |
| 1891 | 66 | #497 |
| 1890 | 65 | #518 |
| 1889 | 65 | #501 |
| 1888 | 53 | #565 |
| 1887 | 47 | #535 |
| 1886 | 46 | #555 |
| 1885 | 47 | #531 |
| 1884 | 39 | #584 |
| 1883 | 43 | #512 |
| 1882 | 43 | #525 |
| 1881 | 36 | #530 |
| 1880 | 32 | #565 |