Alpha is an established name used for both girls and boys that peaked in 1917 and has grown less common since.
Alpha is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #13,298 among girls (6) and #2,079 among boys (71) — overall #4,229 across all names. The charts below show girls and boys separately.
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77 | 77 | #13,298 | #2,079 |
| 2024 | 80 | 80 | #15,418 | #2,030 |
| 2023 | 62 | 62 | #11,247 | #2,480 |
| 2022 | 69 | 69 | #11,284 | #2,325 |
| 2021 | 59 | 59 | #9,607 | #2,627 |
| 2020 | 73 | 73 | #12,224 | #2,113 |
| 2019 | 84 | 84 | #6,717 | #2,131 |
| 2018 | 55 | 55 | #15,822 | #2,547 |
| 2017 | 52 | 52 | — | #2,450 |
| 2016 | 69 | 69 | #11,841 | #2,209 |
| 2015 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,769 |
| 2014 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,757 |
| 2013 | 46 | 46 | #16,714 | #2,805 |
| 2012 | 38 | 38 | — | #3,006 |
| 2011 | 40 | 40 | #13,439 | #3,311 |
| 2010 | 44 | 44 | — | #2,732 |
| 2009 | 50 | 50 | — | #2,529 |
| 2008 | 50 | 50 | — | #2,516 |
| 2007 | 53 | 53 | #14,018 | #2,643 |
| 2006 | 57 | 57 | #15,256 | #2,404 |
| 2005 | 50 | 50 | #10,961 | #2,658 |
| 2004 | 38 | 38 | #14,275 | #3,078 |
| 2003 | 46 | 46 | #13,946 | #2,546 |
| 2002 | 38 | 38 | — | #2,560 |
| 2001 | 49 | 49 | #9,393 | #2,489 |
| 2000 | 48 | 48 | #7,604 | #2,623 |
| 1999 | 41 | 41 | #10,391 | #2,609 |
| 1998 | 39 | 39 | #5,374 | #3,598 |
| 1997 | 39 | — | #4,664 | #3,886 |
| 1996 | 49 | — | #3,363 | #4,190 |
| 1995 | 19 | — | #13,492 | #4,289 |
| 1994 | 13 | — | — | #4,544 |
| 1993 | 16 | — | — | #3,826 |
| 1992 | 7 | — | — | #6,690 |
| 1991 | 10 | — | — | #5,108 |
| 1990 | 14 | — | #10,239 | #6,430 |
| 1989 | 24 | — | #6,551 | #4,277 |
| 1988 | 9 | — | #7,713 | — |
| 1987 | 11 | — | #9,876 | #6,988 |
| 1986 | 16 | — | #7,147 | #5,352 |
| 1985 | 18 | — | #6,474 | #4,716 |
| 1984 | 17 | — | #9,175 | #3,711 |
| 1983 | 24 | — | #6,234 | #3,074 |
| 1982 | 18 | — | #10,554 | #3,290 |
| 1981 | 22 | — | #5,898 | #3,610 |
| 1980 | 19 | — | #5,555 | #4,954 |
| 1979 | 27 | — | #5,437 | #2,903 |
| 1978 | 28 | — | #4,940 | #2,800 |
| 1977 | 19 | — | #5,219 | #4,606 |
| 1976 | 23 | — | #4,367 | #3,730 |
| 1975 | 22 | — | #5,170 | #3,254 |
| 1974 | 25 | — | #4,729 | #2,805 |
| 1973 | 27 | — | #3,978 | #2,859 |
| 1972 | 24 | — | #5,116 | #2,538 |
| 1971 | 27 | — | #3,654 | #3,153 |
| 1970 | 24 | — | #3,583 | #3,849 |
| 1969 | 21 | — | #4,428 | #2,868 |
| 1968 | 12 | — | #4,004 | — |
| 1967 | 17 | — | #4,993 | #2,765 |
| 1966 | 23 | — | #3,967 | #2,331 |
| 1965 | 28 | — | #2,744 | #2,988 |
| 1964 | 24 | — | #4,363 | #2,207 |
| 1963 | 30 | — | #2,625 | #3,046 |
| 1962 | 28 | — | #2,923 | #2,675 |
| 1961 | 33 | — | #2,676 | #2,416 |
| 1960 | 26 | — | #2,991 | #2,875 |
| 1959 | 39 | — | #2,108 | #2,665 |
| 1958 | 30 | — | #2,377 | #3,282 |
| 1957 | 35 | — | #2,564 | #2,095 |
| 1956 | 41 | — | #1,931 | #2,629 |
| 1955 | 29 | — | #2,411 | #2,970 |
| 1954 | 35 | — | #2,380 | #2,117 |
| 1953 | 34 | — | #2,173 | #2,392 |
| 1952 | 47 | — | #1,783 | #1,939 |
| 1951 | 48 | — | #1,611 | #2,139 |
| 1950 | 59 | — | #1,411 | #1,815 |
| 1949 | 52 | — | #1,628 | #1,704 |
| 1948 | 63 | — | #1,345 | #1,882 |
| 1947 | 66 | — | #1,239 | #2,172 |
| 1946 | 75 | — | #1,108 | #1,815 |
| 1945 | 54 | — | #1,213 | #2,133 |
| 1944 | 72 | — | #964 | #2,867 |
| 1943 | 62 | — | #1,124 | #2,281 |
| 1942 | 65 | — | #970 | — |
| 1941 | 67 | — | #1,013 | #1,823 |
| 1940 | 89 | — | #841 | #1,681 |
| 1939 | 71 | — | #898 | #2,289 |
| 1938 | 89 | — | #840 | #1,615 |
| 1937 | 93 | — | #778 | #1,757 |
| 1936 | 87 | — | #791 | #1,874 |
| 1935 | 111 | — | #705 | #1,540 |
| 1934 | 115 | — | #671 | #1,785 |
| 1933 | 106 | — | #693 | #1,646 |
| 1932 | 119 | — | #712 | #1,287 |
| 1931 | 125 | — | #656 | #1,459 |
| 1930 | 106 | — | #768 | #1,559 |
| 1929 | 115 | — | #698 | #2,004 |
| 1928 | 141 | — | #628 | #1,960 |
| 1927 | 189 | — | #562 | #1,350 |
| 1926 | 146 | — | #640 | #1,721 |
| 1925 | 168 | — | #609 | #1,495 |
| 1924 | 178 | — | #619 | #1,330 |
| 1923 | 187 | — | #567 | #1,461 |
| 1922 | 207 | — | #552 | #1,109 |
| 1921 | 209 | — | #529 | #1,360 |
| 1920 | 211 | — | #505 | #1,592 |
| 1919 | 216 | — | #487 | #1,386 |
| 1918 | 203 | — | #513 | #1,500 |
| 1917 | 230 | — | #469 | #1,063 |
| 1916 | 228 | — | #451 | #1,208 |
| 1915 | 212 | — | #455 | #1,181 |
| 1914 | 158 | — | #470 | #1,223 |
| 1913 | 173 | — | #403 | #996 |
| 1912 | 131 | — | #447 | #1,024 |
| 1911 | 119 | — | #385 | #1,194 |
| 1910 | 100 | — | #406 | #1,427 |
| 1909 | 86 | — | #395 | — |
| 1908 | 105 | — | #368 | #948 |
| 1907 | 97 | — | #376 | #871 |
| 1906 | 81 | — | #399 | #1,008 |
| 1905 | 78 | — | #394 | #1,237 |
| 1904 | 102 | — | #333 | #1,211 |
| 1903 | 85 | — | #341 | — |
| 1902 | 95 | — | #354 | #584 |
| 1901 | 83 | — | #360 | #598 |
| 1900 | 84 | — | #378 | #1,169 |
| 1899 | 94 | — | #319 | #932 |
| 1898 | 81 | — | #362 | #1,003 |
| 1897 | 86 | — | #339 | #652 |
| 1896 | 88 | — | #321 | #984 |
| 1895 | 75 | — | #330 | — |
| 1894 | 81 | — | #328 | #731 |
| 1893 | 62 | — | #340 | — |
| 1892 | 69 | — | #343 | #690 |
| 1891 | 66 | — | #325 | #769 |
| 1890 | 65 | — | #337 | #739 |
| 1889 | 65 | — | #321 | #796 |
| 1888 | 53 | — | #347 | #920 |
| 1887 | 47 | — | #328 | #931 |
| 1886 | 46 | — | #346 | #698 |
| 1885 | 47 | — | #337 | #548 |
| 1884 | 39 | — | #385 | #547 |
| 1883 | 43 | — | #314 | #556 |
| 1882 | 43 | — | #326 | #491 |
| 1881 | 36 | — | #301 | #596 |
| 1880 | 32 | — | #310 | #813 |