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Baby name
Alpha
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72% girls / 28% boys
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Classic name
7,188births since 1880
1910sgeneration
No. 451rank at its peak, in 1916
Where babies named Alpha are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Alpha is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Alpha is most common in Kentucky (8.2 times), Oklahoma (6.4) and Missouri (3.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
- Altha 3,365
Names from the same era
Rising name
2,857births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 2028rank at its peak, in 2024
Where babies named Alpha are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Alpha is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Alpha is most common in New York (10 times), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 80% | 20% |
| 1890s | 92% | 8% |
| 1900s | 92% | 8% |
| 1910s | 87% | 13% |
| 1920s | 85% | 15% |
| 1930s | 82% | 18% |
| 1940s | 81% | 19% |
| 1950s | 70% | 30% |
| 1960s | 62% | 38% |
| 1970s | 54% | 46% |
| 1980s | 51% | 49% |
| 1990s | 38% | 62% |
| 2000s | 12% | 88% |
| 2010s | 8% | 92% |
| 2020s | 10% | 90% |