Alpheus
#5,610 most common boys' name of all time · #13,988 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–2024
Rank among boys
#5,610
Rank overall
#13,988 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
76 of 146
All-time
770
Since 2016
20
Peak year
1917 #1,274
Best rank
#730 1882
Girls
Boys
peak 29/yr
Alpheus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,910 |
| 2023 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,774 |
| 2022 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,888 |
| 1993 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,729 |
| 1983 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,273 |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1978 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,082 |
| 1974 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,259 |
| 1970 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,862 |
| 1969 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,969 |
| 1967 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,250 |
| 1963 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,685 |
| 1962 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,073 |
| 1960 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,358 |
| 1959 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,026 |
| 1958 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,596 |
| 1957 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,581 |
| 1955 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 1954 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,859 |
| 1953 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,545 |
| 1952 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,400 |
| 1951 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,868 |
| 1950 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,033 |
| 1949 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,324 |
| 1948 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,805 |
| 1947 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,696 |
| 1946 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,701 |
| 1945 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,261 |
| 1944 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,462 |
| 1943 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,756 |
| 1942 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,161 |
| 1941 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 1940 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,889 |
| 1939 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,067 |
| 1938 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,666 |
| 1936 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,879 |
| 1935 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,854 |
| 1933 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,782 |
| 1932 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,724 |
| 1931 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1930 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1929 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,217 |
| 1928 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,662 |
| 1927 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,968 |
| 1926 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,994 |
| 1925 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,207 |
| 1924 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,059 |
| 1923 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,599 |
| 1922 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,550 |
| 1921 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,710 |
| 1920 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,140 |
| 1919 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,630 |
| 1918 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,657 |
| 1917 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,274 |
| 1916 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,429 |
| 1915 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,512 |
| 1914 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,353 |
| 1913 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,111 |
| 1912 | — | 13 | 13 | #1,361 |
| 1911 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,775 |
| 1909 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,313 |
| 1907 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,376 |
| 1906 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,042 |
| 1904 | — | 7 | 7 | #997 |
| 1895 | — | 8 | 8 | #825 |
| 1894 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,115 |
| 1893 | — | 6 | 6 | #952 |
| 1890 | — | 6 | 6 | #924 |
| 1888 | — | 6 | 6 | #953 |
| 1887 | — | 5 | 5 | #972 |
| 1886 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,005 |
| 1885 | — | 6 | 6 | #871 |
| 1884 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,005 |
| 1883 | — | 7 | 7 | #760 |
| 1882 | — | 8 | 8 | #730 |
| 1880 | — | 6 | 6 | #830 |