Unisex name · since 1893
Alfa
234 babies named Alfa in U.S. Social Security records since 1893, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,210 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 234
- born since 1893
- 1910s
- peak decade
Alfa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 234 recorded since 1893.
Alfa has 234 recorded births among girls since 1893, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1893 to 2012.
- #18,210 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 234 born since 1893
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alfa ranks #18,210 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 234 born since 1893, peaking in the 1910s.
- #18,210 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 234
- born since 1893
- 1910s
- peak decade
Alfa's 234 recorded births place it above 74.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Alfa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alfa's full recorded timeline at 1932, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1893, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1922 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alfa popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1893–2012
- Peak year (1922)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 120 years of records
Alfa popularity over time - boys
30 total births recorded since 2001 (Alfa as boys' name)
Alfa by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (62 births, 26% of the file).
1910s was Alfa's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Alfa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 16
1890s
16 births
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
62 births
- 1920s
1920s
33 births
- 1930s
1930s
45 births
- 1940s 20
1940s
20 births
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
26 births
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 62 births (26% of all-time use).
Alfa by state
Where Alfa concentrates geographically, total births since 1893
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 2.6% |
6 of 234 births nationwide.
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What to do with Alfa's data
- Alfa's decade-level peak was the 1910s (62 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Alfas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alfa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~119 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1893–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Alfa draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.