NameTides

Alpha

Alpha was the #2,077 boys' name in the US in 2025 (71 babies), and #1,897 in England & Wales and #885 in Canada.

Alpha as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Alpha as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Alpha as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,077 (71)#1,897 (13)#885 (29)
2024#2,028 (75)#2,444 (9)#1,654 (12)
2023#2,480 (54)#1,800 (13)#1,421 (14)
2022#2,325 (61)#1,609 (15)#1,557 (12)
2021#2,623 (49)#3,017 (6)#1,342 (15)
2020#2,113 (66)#1,935 (11)#1,520 (12)
2019#2,129 (67)#2,104 (10)#1,448 (13)
2018#2,546 (50)#1,875 (12)#1,572 (11)
2017#2,450 (52)#1,178 (23)#1,852 (9)
2016#2,207 (61)#1,627 (15)#1,487 (12)
2015#2,766 (43)#2,150 (10)#1,384 (13)
2014#2,754 (43)#2,079 (10)#1,778 (9)
2013#2,804 (41)#3,822 (4)#1,654 (10)
2012#3,002 (38)#1,756 (13)#2,368 (6)
2011#3,306 (33)#1,909 (11)#1,681 (10)

Alpha as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Alpha as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020US
Alpha as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#13,208 (6)—
2024#15,293 (5)—
2023#11,169 (8)—
2022#11,231 (8)—
2021#9,562 (10)#5,581 (3)
2020#12,142 (7)—
2019#6,698 (17)—
2018#15,682 (5)—
2016#11,781 (8)—
2013#16,547 (5)—
2012—#5,876 (3)
2011#13,347 (7)—
2007#13,924 (7)—
2006#15,152 (6)—
2005#10,921 (9)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1882 at #489.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
  • In 2025, 8% of US babies named Alpha were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 24,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 24,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 21,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,500uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 250,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Alpha is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 21,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 17,000 to 1 in 25,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alpha by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #661NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Alpha (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#7165

Alpha (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AlphaCanadaBoys#88529
AlphaEngland & WalesGirls—too few
AlphaEngland & WalesBoys#1,89713
AlphaNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AlphaUSGirls#13,2086
AlphaUSBoys#2,07771