Alphia — girls' name
242 babies named Alphia in U.S. Social Security records since 1899, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Alphia was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Alphia in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alphia
The Social Security Administration has registered 242 babies named Alphia between 1899 and 1968, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alphia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1968. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alphia performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 80 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Alphia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alphia 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 242 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.
Alphia at a glance
Last recorded 1968Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Alphia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–1899
- Peak year (1923)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 70 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1968.
242 total births across 70 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 16 births in a single year.
Alphia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 80 births that decade — 33% of Alphia's all-time total
Alphia decade highlights
- Peak decade 80 births
- Runner-up 47 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Alphia's strongest decade
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% 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, 1899–1968 (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.