Given name & surname
Alpa
“a petite girl”
Alpa is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “a petite girl.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “a petite girl.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alpa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 76
- 0 boys · 76 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1984. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 1977. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 831 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Alpa’s family of names
In Greek usage, Alpa as a surname is a transliteration of Άλπα.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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