Alpheus
Last seen for boys in 2024 at #9,894
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 770since 1880
Alpheus over time
Rank among boys' names. Alpheus has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #9,894 | 7 |
| 2023 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
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| 2010 | — | |
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| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
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| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #2,019 | 14 |
| 1949 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #2,145 | 12 |
| 1941 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #2,050 | 12 |
| 1938 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #1,837 | 15 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,770 | 16 |
| 1932 | #1,716 | 18 |
| 1931 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #3,022 | 8 |
| 1929 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | #1,647 | 21 |
| 1927 | #1,959 | 17 |
| 1926 | #1,981 | 16 |
| 1925 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1924 | #2,043 | 16 |
| 1923 | #1,589 | 23 |
| 1922 | #1,545 | 24 |
| 1921 | #1,703 | 21 |
| 1920 | #2,131 | 15 |
| 1919 | #1,624 | 21 |
| 1918 | #1,648 | 21 |
| 1917 | #1,264 | 29 |
| 1916 | #1,415 | 24 |
| 1915 | #1,505 | 21 |
| 1914 | #1,342 | 20 |
| 1913 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #1,353 | 13 |
| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #966 | 7 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #795 | 8 |
| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | #907 | 6 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #884 | 6 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | #921 | 5 |
| 1886 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | #836 | 6 |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | #720 | 7 |
| 1882 | #691 | 8 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #809 | 6 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Alpheus was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Alpheus is popular in 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#510 · 1 in 14,675
Best ever in a state: #298 in Virginia, 1914.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Pennsylvania | #510 | 5 | 1 in 14,675 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Alpheus
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 279 spots in 1895 (#1,074 → #795)
- Biggest drop: 251 spots in 1884 (#720 → #971)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #691 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1882–1888
- Highest: 1 in 14,211 boys born in 1882 were named Alpheus (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 246,127 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 23.4% of all boys named Alpheus (180) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 48 | #691 (1882) | #853 |
| 1890s | 25 | #795 (1895) | #915 |
| 1900s | 25 | #966 (1904) | #1,148 |
| 1910s | 162 | #1,264 (1917) | #1,554 |
| 1920s | 180 | #1,545 (1922) | #1,899 |
| 1930s | 94 | #1,716 (1932) | #2,296 |
| 1940s | 81 | #2,145 (1942) | #2,752 |
| 1950s | 70 | #2,019 (1950) | #3,139 |
| 1960s | 31 | #3,231 (1967) | #3,636 |
| 1970s | 18 | #3,836 (1970) | #4,707 |
| 1980s | 11 | #5,525 (1980) | #5,882 |
| 1990s | 5 | #8,700 (1993) | #8,700 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 20 | #9,763 (2023) | #10,173 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Alpheus in 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 37,087 of them was named Alpheus, which outranked 68.8% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,374Stanly25
- #1,374Tomie25
- #1,374Wash25
- #1,415Alpheus24
- #1,415Algie24
- #1,415Archer24
- #1,415Ashton24
- #1,459Aldon23
- #1,459Audley23
- #1,459Broadus23
Tied with 43 names at #1,415; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.