Alpha

Unisex

Alpha ranks #1,189 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 8 places, 64 licensed dogs carry the name.

Alpha's popularity trend

Alpha's share of Allegheny County's licensed dogs, year by year — the place with the fullest records for this name. Share (its per-100k slice of that year's dogs) is the only figure comparable across years, since each year's counted population differs.

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Year	Share
2025	0.003%
2024	0.003%
2022	0.003%
2021	0.005%
2020	0.003%
2019	0.004%
2018	0.003%
2017	0.003%
2016	0.004%
2015	0.004%
2014	0.003%
2013	0.004%
2012	0.004%
2011	0.003%
2010	0.003%
2009	0.004%
2008	0.002%
2007	0.003%

Licensed dogs in our data

across 8 places

Popularity rank

#1,189

of 53,930 names in our data

5-year rank move

−66

2020 → 2025

Gender split

72% boys

28% girls72% boys

Where Alpha shows up

Alpha's share of each place's counted dogs. Places count differently — hover a Share figure for the basis. Click a heading to sort.


ZürichSwitzerland	0.0%
Basel-StadtSwitzerland	0.0%
BurnsideAustralia	0.0%
CambridgeUnited States of America	0.0%
New York CityUnited States of America	0.0%
WorcesterUnited States of America	0.0%
Allegheny CountyUnited States of America	0.0%

Names like Alpha

Alpine Alphie Rapha Alphonse Mipha