Aleph
Boy · AH-lef · Hebrew
Aleph is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “ox; the first letter”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Aleph mean?
Hebrew: name of the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet
“ox; the first letter”
The first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, whose name comes from a word for ox; Borges used it as a story title.
- Say it
- AH-lef
Is Aleph a girl's or a boy's name?
Aleph is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aleph in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 247% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Aleph, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 2011.
Half of all the boys named Aleph in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aleph in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 27 | #3,999 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
Names like Aleph
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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