Alphaeus — boys' name
13 babies named Alphaeus in U.S. Social Security records since 2022, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
13 boys have been named Alphaeus since 2022, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2025.
- 13
- total births
- 2022–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
100% of everyone ever named Alphaeus was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Alphaeus in 2025 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alphaeus
The Social Security Administration has registered 13 babies named Alphaeus between 2022 and 2025, spanning 4 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alphaeus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 2025, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alphaeus performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alphaeus 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 13 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.
Alphaeus at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Alphaeus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–2022
- Peak year (2025)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 4 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
13 total births across 4 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2025 with 8 births in a single year.
Alphaeus by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 13 births that decade — 100% of Alphaeus's all-time total
Alphaeus decade highlights
- Peak decade 13 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Alphaeus's strongest decade
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% 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, 2022–2025 (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.