Boys' name · since 1914
Alph
Since 1914, U.S. Social Security records show 7 babies named Alph, peaking in 1914. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #36,286 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 7
- born since 1914
- 1910s
- peak decade
7 boys have been named Alph since 1914, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Alph has 7 recorded births among boys since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys 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 1914 to 1914.
- #36,286 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 7 born since 1914
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alph ranks #36,286 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 7 born since 1914, peaking in the 1910s.
- #36,286 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 7
- born since 1914
- 1910s
- peak decade
Alph's 7 recorded births place it above 18.72% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Alph popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1914
- Peak year (1914)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
Alph by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (7 births, 100% of the file).
1910s was Alph's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Alph births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 7 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alph: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1914)
Similar record span (~0 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, 1914–1914 (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 Alph 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.