Alpheus is a rare boys' name that peaked in 1917 and has since faded.
Alpheus is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2024. Alpheus was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1917 (29 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | #9,951 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | #9,807 |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | #10,934 |
| 1993 | 5 | — | #8,737 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | #6,270 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | #5,547 |
| 1978 | 6 | — | #5,083 |
| 1974 | 5 | — | #5,246 |
| 1970 | 7 | — | #3,850 |
| 1969 | 6 | — | #3,950 |
| 1967 | 7 | — | #3,237 |
| 1963 | 6 | — | #3,656 |
| 1962 | 5 | — | #4,055 |
| 1960 | 7 | — | #3,349 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | #4,005 |
| 1958 | 6 | — | #3,565 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | #3,560 |
| 1955 | 10 | — | #2,564 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | #3,839 |
| 1953 | 10 | — | #2,536 |
| 1952 | 6 | — | #3,382 |
| 1951 | 8 | — | #2,849 |
| 1950 | 14 | — | #2,023 |
| 1949 | 6 | — | #3,308 |
| 1948 | 8 | — | #2,791 |
| 1947 | 9 | — | #2,673 |
| 1946 | 8 | — | #2,696 |
| 1945 | 10 | — | #2,245 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | #3,442 |
| 1943 | 8 | — | #2,742 |
| 1942 | 12 | — | #2,146 |
| 1941 | 8 | — | #2,661 |
| 1940 | 7 | — | #2,880 |
| 1939 | 12 | — | #2,053 |
| 1938 | 8 | — | #2,655 |
| 1936 | 7 | — | #2,860 |
| 1935 | 15 | — | #1,839 |
| 1933 | 16 | — | #1,771 |
| 1932 | 18 | — | #1,716 |
| 1931 | 10 | — | #2,473 |
| 1930 | 8 | — | #3,033 |
| 1929 | 13 | — | #2,202 |
| 1928 | 21 | — | #1,650 |
| 1927 | 17 | — | #1,960 |
| 1926 | 16 | — | #1,984 |
| 1925 | 14 | — | #2,194 |
| 1924 | 16 | — | #2,044 |
| 1923 | 23 | — | #1,593 |
| 1922 | 24 | — | #1,546 |
| 1921 | 21 | — | #1,705 |
| 1920 | 15 | — | #2,135 |
| 1919 | 21 | — | #1,625 |
| 1918 | 21 | — | #1,651 |
| 1917 | 29 | — | #1,265 |
| 1916 | 24 | — | #1,416 |
| 1915 | 21 | — | #1,505 |
| 1914 | 20 | — | #1,343 |
| 1913 | 8 | — | #2,095 |
| 1912 | 13 | — | #1,355 |
| 1911 | 5 | — | #1,746 |
| 1909 | 6 | — | #1,281 |
| 1907 | 5 | — | #1,351 |
| 1906 | 7 | — | #1,009 |
| 1904 | 7 | — | #968 |
| 1895 | 8 | — | #798 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | #1,082 |
| 1893 | 6 | — | #911 |
| 1890 | 6 | — | #886 |
| 1888 | 6 | — | #921 |
| 1887 | 5 | — | #932 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | #968 |
| 1885 | 6 | — | #840 |
| 1884 | 5 | — | #977 |
| 1883 | 7 | — | #722 |
| 1882 | 8 | — | #695 |
| 1880 | 6 | — | #814 |