Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Alpheus

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1917

Peak era

1917

Peak births

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Peak generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19172025

Quick answers about Alpheus

An estimated 183 living Americans are named Alpheus.

Alpheus fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.

The median age of a living American named Alpheus is approximately 71 years, with most bearers falling between 56 and 79 years old.

Not especially. Alpheus has been declining since its 1917 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.

Peak year

1917

Decline from peak

100%

2025

All-time

770

Alpheus last appeared in SSA records in 2024. Across its recorded history, about 770 American boys received the name.

Alpheus peaked in 1917, when 29 boys were given the name.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2025 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

In all, the Social Security Administration has recorded about 770 Americans named Alpheus since 1880.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

Peak generationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1917

Living profile

183

Estimated living Americans with this name.

Median age71

Core range56–79

Playground Density Index 0.0%

Wave type

Glacier

A long-duration classic distributed across many generations.