Alpha**
#1,626 most common girls' name of all time · #2,800 across all names · 28% male / 72% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#1,626
Rank overall
#2,800 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
10,045
Since 2016
680
Peak year
1917 #469
Best rank
#308 1881
Girls
Boys
peak 230/yr
Alpha is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 71 | 77 | #13,209 |
| 2024 | 5 | 75 | 80 | #15,294 |
| 2023 | 8 | 54 | 62 | #11,169 |
| 2022 | 8 | 61 | 69 | #11,234 |
| 2021 | 10 | 49 | 59 | #9,569 |
| 2020 | 7 | 66 | 73 | #12,146 |
| 2019 | 17 | 67 | 84 | #6,700 |
| 2018 | 5 | 50 | 55 | #15,685 |
| 2017 | — | 52 | 52 | — |
| 2016 | 8 | 61 | 69 | #11,784 |
| 2015 | — | 43 | 43 | — |
| 2014 | — | 43 | 43 | — |
| 2013 | 5 | 41 | 46 | #16,551 |
| 2012 | — | 38 | 38 | — |
| 2011 | 7 | 33 | 40 | #13,350 |
| 2010 | — | 44 | 44 | — |
| 2009 | — | 50 | 50 | — |
| 2008 | — | 50 | 50 | — |
| 2007 | 7 | 46 | 53 | #13,926 |
| 2006 | 6 | 51 | 57 | #15,155 |
| 2005 | 9 | 41 | 50 | #10,923 |
| 2004 | 6 | 32 | 38 | #14,182 |
| 2003 | 6 | 40 | 46 | #13,847 |
| 2002 | — | 38 | 38 | — |
| 2001 | 10 | 39 | 49 | #9,355 |
| 2000 | 13 | 35 | 48 | #7,586 |
| 1999 | 8 | 33 | 41 | #10,348 |
| 1998 | 19 | 20 | 39 | #5,366 |
| 1997 | 22 | 17 | 39 | #4,664 |
| 1996 | 34 | 15 | 49 | #3,362 |
| 1995 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #13,389 |
| 1994 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1993 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 1992 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1991 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1990 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #10,197 |
| 1989 | 12 | 12 | 24 | #6,533 |
| 1988 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,692 |
| 1987 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #9,827 |
| 1986 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #7,138 |
| 1985 | 10 | 8 | 18 | #6,461 |
| 1984 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #9,147 |
| 1983 | 10 | 14 | 24 | #6,213 |
| 1982 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #10,522 |
| 1981 | 11 | 11 | 22 | #5,887 |
| 1980 | 12 | 7 | 19 | #5,545 |
| 1979 | 12 | 15 | 27 | #5,430 |
| 1978 | 13 | 15 | 28 | #4,933 |
| 1977 | 12 | 7 | 19 | #5,213 |
| 1976 | 14 | 9 | 23 | #4,364 |
| 1975 | 11 | 11 | 22 | #5,166 |
| 1974 | 12 | 13 | 25 | #4,721 |
| 1973 | 15 | 12 | 27 | #3,972 |
| 1972 | 10 | 14 | 24 | #5,113 |
| 1971 | 17 | 10 | 27 | #3,654 |
| 1970 | 17 | 7 | 24 | #3,578 |
| 1969 | 11 | 10 | 21 | #4,419 |
| 1968 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,001 |
| 1967 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #4,984 |
| 1966 | 11 | 12 | 23 | #3,960 |
| 1965 | 20 | 8 | 28 | #2,745 |
| 1964 | 10 | 14 | 24 | #4,355 |
| 1963 | 22 | 8 | 30 | #2,622 |
| 1962 | 18 | 10 | 28 | #2,924 |
| 1961 | 21 | 12 | 33 | #2,673 |
| 1960 | 17 | 9 | 26 | #2,990 |
| 1959 | 29 | 10 | 39 | #2,111 |
| 1958 | 23 | 7 | 30 | #2,377 |
| 1957 | 20 | 15 | 35 | #2,563 |
| 1956 | 31 | 10 | 41 | #1,933 |
| 1955 | 21 | 8 | 29 | #2,411 |
| 1954 | 21 | 14 | 35 | #2,378 |
| 1953 | 23 | 11 | 34 | #2,175 |
| 1952 | 31 | 16 | 47 | #1,782 |
| 1951 | 35 | 13 | 48 | #1,613 |
| 1950 | 42 | 17 | 59 | #1,412 |
| 1949 | 33 | 19 | 52 | #1,627 |
| 1948 | 47 | 16 | 63 | #1,347 |
| 1947 | 53 | 13 | 66 | #1,240 |
| 1946 | 59 | 16 | 75 | #1,107 |
| 1945 | 43 | 11 | 54 | #1,213 |
| 1944 | 65 | 7 | 72 | #965 |
| 1943 | 51 | 11 | 62 | #1,127 |
| 1942 | 65 | — | 65 | #970 |
| 1941 | 52 | 15 | 67 | #1,014 |
| 1940 | 72 | 17 | 89 | #841 |
| 1939 | 61 | 10 | 71 | #898 |
| 1938 | 71 | 18 | 89 | #840 |
| 1937 | 77 | 16 | 93 | #780 |
| 1936 | 73 | 14 | 87 | #791 |
| 1935 | 91 | 20 | 111 | #705 |
| 1934 | 99 | 16 | 115 | #673 |
| 1933 | 88 | 18 | 106 | #693 |
| 1932 | 91 | 28 | 119 | #712 |
| 1931 | 102 | 23 | 125 | #656 |
| 1930 | 84 | 22 | 106 | #768 |
| 1929 | 100 | 15 | 115 | #698 |
| 1928 | 125 | 16 | 141 | #630 |
| 1927 | 159 | 30 | 189 | #562 |
| 1926 | 126 | 20 | 146 | #639 |
| 1925 | 143 | 25 | 168 | #609 |
| 1924 | 147 | 31 | 178 | #619 |
| 1923 | 161 | 26 | 187 | #567 |
| 1922 | 166 | 41 | 207 | #552 |
| 1921 | 179 | 30 | 209 | #529 |
| 1920 | 188 | 23 | 211 | #505 |
| 1919 | 189 | 27 | 216 | #487 |
| 1918 | 179 | 24 | 203 | #513 |
| 1917 | 191 | 39 | 230 | #469 |
| 1916 | 198 | 30 | 228 | #452 |
| 1915 | 182 | 30 | 212 | #457 |
| 1914 | 135 | 23 | 158 | #470 |
| 1913 | 148 | 25 | 173 | #404 |
| 1912 | 111 | 20 | 131 | #449 |
| 1911 | 110 | 9 | 119 | #386 |
| 1910 | 94 | 6 | 100 | #406 |
| 1909 | 86 | — | 86 | #396 |
| 1908 | 96 | 9 | 105 | #368 |
| 1907 | 87 | 10 | 97 | #378 |
| 1906 | 74 | 7 | 81 | #401 |
| 1905 | 73 | 5 | 78 | #394 |
| 1904 | 97 | 5 | 102 | #333 |
| 1903 | 85 | — | 85 | #343 |
| 1902 | 81 | 14 | 95 | #354 |
| 1901 | 71 | 12 | 83 | #360 |
| 1900 | 78 | 6 | 84 | #379 |
| 1899 | 88 | 6 | 94 | #319 |
| 1898 | 75 | 6 | 81 | #362 |
| 1897 | 75 | 11 | 86 | #340 |
| 1896 | 82 | 6 | 88 | #321 |
| 1895 | 75 | — | 75 | #333 |
| 1894 | 72 | 9 | 81 | #329 |
| 1893 | 62 | — | 62 | #341 |
| 1892 | 59 | 10 | 69 | #344 |
| 1891 | 59 | 7 | 66 | #328 |
| 1890 | 57 | 8 | 65 | #339 |
| 1889 | 58 | 7 | 65 | #322 |
| 1888 | 47 | 6 | 53 | #348 |
| 1887 | 42 | 5 | 47 | #330 |
| 1886 | 38 | 8 | 46 | #348 |
| 1885 | 35 | 12 | 47 | #338 |
| 1884 | 27 | 12 | 39 | #386 |
| 1883 | 32 | 11 | 43 | #314 |
| 1882 | 29 | 14 | 43 | #328 |
| 1881 | 27 | 9 | 36 | #308 |
| 1880 | 26 | 6 | 32 | #310 |