Alferd
Last seen for boys in 1976 at #4,935
- Peak · boys
- 1899 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 957since 1891
Alferd over time
Rank among boys' names. Alferd has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1962 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1960 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #1,945 | 17 |
| 1955 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1954 | #1,956 | 16 |
| 1953 | #1,900 | 17 |
| 1952 | #1,804 | 18 |
| 1951 | #2,135 | 13 |
| 1950 | #1,879 | 16 |
| 1949 | #2,337 | 11 |
| 1948 | #1,817 | 17 |
| 1947 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1946 | #1,884 | 15 |
| 1945 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #1,400 | 23 |
| 1943 | #1,529 | 21 |
| 1942 | #1,946 | 14 |
| 1941 | #1,685 | 17 |
| 1940 | #1,573 | 19 |
| 1939 | #2,449 | 9 |
| 1938 | #1,741 | 16 |
| 1937 | #1,756 | 16 |
| 1936 | #1,417 | 22 |
| 1935 | #1,757 | 16 |
| 1934 | #1,932 | 14 |
| 1933 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1932 | #1,584 | 20 |
| 1931 | #1,302 | 28 |
| 1930 | #1,299 | 30 |
| 1929 | #1,443 | 25 |
| 1928 | #1,382 | 28 |
| 1927 | #1,647 | 22 |
| 1926 | #1,787 | 19 |
| 1925 | #1,493 | 25 |
| 1924 | #1,675 | 22 |
| 1923 | #1,753 | 20 |
| 1922 | #2,486 | 12 |
| 1921 | #1,549 | 24 |
| 1920 | #1,457 | 26 |
| 1919 | #1,531 | 23 |
| 1918 | #1,998 | 16 |
| 1917 | #1,693 | 19 |
| 1916 | #1,594 | 20 |
| 1915 | #2,070 | 13 |
| 1914 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | — | |
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| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
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| 1899 | #928 | 6 |
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| 1891 | #963 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Alferd! It came in at #963, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1891–1898, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Alferd is popular in 1939
No state had 5 or more boys named Alferd in 1939, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Alferd
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1976
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 1899 at #928 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1900, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1891–1899
- Highest: 1 in 17,702 boys born in 1899 were named Alferd (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 261,501 boys born in 1976 (0.00%)
- 23.3% of all boys named Alferd (223) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 11 | #928 (1899) | #946 |
| 1900s | 10 | #1,137 (1902) | #1,289 |
| 1910s | 121 | #1,421 (1910) | #1,952 |
| 1920s | 223 | #1,382 (1928) | #1,667 |
| 1930s | 188 | #1,299 (1930) | #1,694 |
| 1940s | 159 | #1,400 (1944) | #1,866 |
| 1950s | 142 | #1,804 (1952) | #2,169 |
| 1960s | 70 | #2,300 (1963) | #3,062 |
| 1970s | 33 | #3,836 (1970) | #4,330 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Alferd in 1939
Top boys' names in 1939
More about 1939
boys
1,106,852 boys got a published name in 1939; 1 in 122,984 of them was named Alferd, which outranked 38.3% of the 3,968 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,288Wray10
- #2,288Zeno10
- #2,288Zollie10
- #2,449Alferd9
- #2,449Adin9
- #2,449Akira9
- #2,449Alonso9
- #2,609Abran8
- #2,609Adrien8
- #2,609Aime8
Tied with 159 names at #2,449; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.