Alper — #12881 US boys' name
78 babies named Alper in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 10% of names given to boys today.
40% of everyone ever named Alper was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Alper in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alper
The Social Security Administration has registered 78 babies named Alper between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alper currently holds the #12881 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alper performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Alper shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alper 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 78 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.
Alper at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Alper popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1991
- Peak year (2007)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
Currently ranks #12881 among boys.
78 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 8 births in a single year.
Alper by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 31 births that decade — 40% of Alper's all-time total
Alper decade highlights
- Peak decade 31 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Alper's strongest decade
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% 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, 1991–2024 (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.