Alchemy — unisex name
34 babies named Alchemy in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
59% of everyone ever named Alchemy was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Alchemy in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alchemy
The Social Security Administration has registered 34 babies named Alchemy between 2011 and 2021, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alchemy currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Alchemy is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 2022.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alchemy performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Alchemy shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alchemy in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 34 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Alchemy at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Alchemy popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2011
- Peak year (2020)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
34 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 9 births in a single year.
Alchemy popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 2022 (Alchemy as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Alchemy accounts for 13% of total recorded use across both genders.
Alchemy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 20 births that decade — 59% of Alchemy's all-time total
Alchemy decade highlights
- Peak decade 20 births
- Runner-up 14 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Alchemy's strongest decade
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2011–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.