Alphia

Last seen for girls in 1968 at #5,642

Peak · girls
1908 · 10 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
242
since 1899

Alphia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Alphia has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201908peak #1,357, 1908girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1968#5,6427
1967#6,8045
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1953#4,2268
1952#4,1238
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1950#3,9628
1949#5,2445
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1947#4,7646
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1943#4,1966
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1938#3,4507
1937#4,2555
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1934#3,8026
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1930#2,84510
1929#2,73711
1928#3,4368
1927#3,05310
1926
1925#4,4266
1924#3,3939
1923#2,26416
1922#3,6558
1921
1920#2,73112
1919#3,2199
1918#4,2916
1917#4,5945
1916#2,49812
1915
1914#2,6388
1913#2,5407
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1909#1,9576
1908#1,35710
1907#2,0615
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1902#1,4387
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1899#1,3946
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First appearance
1899

The first year at least five girls were named Alphia! It came in at #1,394, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1900–1901, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Alphia
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1968
Rise & fade · girls
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1899
  • Peaked 1908 at #1,357 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1910, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 33,431
  • Highest: 1 in 33,431 girls born in 1908 were named Alphia (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 234,341 girls born in 1968 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 33.1% of all girls named Alphia (80) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s6#1,394 (1899)#1,394
1900s28#1,357 (1908)#1,703
1910s47#2,498 (1916)#3,297
1920s80#2,264 (1923)#3,212
1930s28#2,845 (1930)#3,588
1940s17#4,196 (1943)#4,735
1950s24#3,962 (1950)#4,104
1960s12#5,642 (1968)#6,223

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Alphia in 1908

girls
#1,357
10 births · 1 in 33,431 girls

Top girls' names in 1908

  1. #1Mary18,665
  2. #2Helen8,439
  3. #3Margaret6,976
  4. #4Ruth6,180
  5. #5Anna5,860
  6. #6Dorothy5,703
  7. #7Elizabeth4,904
  8. #8Mildred4,624
  9. #9Alice4,270
  10. #10Marie4,076
  11. #1,357Alphia10
More about 1908

girls

334,312 girls got a published name in 1908; 1 in 33,431 of them was named Alphia, which outranked 44.2% of the 2,434 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alphia
  1. #1,261Versa11
  2. #1,261Vertie11
  3. #1,261Vinita11
  4. #1,357Alphia10
  5. #1,357Albirta10
  6. #1,357Alcie10
  7. #1,357Almer10
  8. #1,439Adel9
  9. #1,439Alease9
  10. #1,439Aleene9

Tied with 81 names at #1,357; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1907
Risers
  1. 1,122Bernetta#2,061#939
  2. 1,122Nila#2,061#939
  3. 909Arnetta#1,821#912
  4. 703Edra#1,512#809
  5. 703Hertha#1,512#809
Fallers
  1. 1,261Aurore#840#2,101
  2. 1,178Tula#923#2,101
  3. 1,111Oneida#990#2,101
  4. 1,043Walter#819#1,862
  5. 1,022Gayle#840#1,862

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1908