Alfie

Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088 · #2,056 for boys in 2025, 72 births
Given to boys 89.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
#915
1967 · 62 births
Debut · boys
1917
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,049
since 1917

Alfie over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #3,552, 1916peak #915, 1967girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025—#2,05672
2024—#2,02875
2023—#2,07871
2022—#2,40858
2021—#2,81944
2020#15,0885#2,61748
2019—#2,89742
2018—#3,52431
2017—#3,88927
2016—#3,99026
2015—#4,89019
2014—#8,7818
2013—#7,02611
2012—#6,30613
2011—#7,50210
2010—#10,7666
2009—#8,9858
2008—#9,0198
2007—#9,7887
2006—#5,78114
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1994—#8,8005
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1989—#7,9055
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1983—#6,2385
1982—#5,6196
1981—#6,2625
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1977—#2,79115
1976#8,1566#3,09512
1975#6,4848#2,63715
1974#5,7769#1,98322
1973#5,19110#1,98221
1972#5,10910#1,50832
1971—#1,70527
1970#5,4139#1,43534
1969#6,6176#1,37634
1968#5,1478#96857
1967#4,30010#91562
1966—#1,96316
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First appearance
1917

The first year at least five boys were named Alfie! It came in at #3,981, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1919–1920, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Alfie is popular in 1970

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedMINew York: #792 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 17,181 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Alfie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#792 · 1 in 17,181

Best ever in a state: #529 in New York, 1968.

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See more about Alfie
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 28 spots since 2024 (#2,028 → #2,056)
  • 561 spots since 2020 (#2,617 → #2,056)
  • 2,834 spots since 2015 (#4,890 → #2,056)
  • Biggest jump: 1,048 spots in 1967 (#1,963 → #915)
  • Biggest drop: 408 spots in 1969 (#968 → #1,376)
Rise & fade · boys
50 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1917
  • Peaked 1967 at #915 (62 births)
  • Births halved by 1971, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1967–1968
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,972
  • Highest: 1 in 22,972 boys born in 2024 were named Alfie (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 23,723 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #915 in 1967, was only 1 in 28,126 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 35.1% of all boys named Alfie (368) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1934
  • Mostly girls until 1933, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s11#3,728 (1918)#3,855
1920s11#3,869 (1921)#4,033
1930s10#3,518 (1937)#3,599
1940s12#3,019 (1949)#3,344
1950s0——
1960s169#915 (1967)#1,306
1970s183#1,435 (1970)#2,545
1980s21#5,619 (1982)#6,506
1990s29#6,407 (1995)#8,143
2000s42#5,781 (2006)#8,826
2010s193#2,897 (2019)#5,957
2020s368#2,028 (2024)#2,334

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.

Alfie in 1970

girls
#5,413
9 births · 1 in 194,238 girls
boys
#1,435
34 births · 1 in 54,654 boys

Top girls' names in 1970

  1. #1Jennifer46,150
  2. #2Lisa38,967
  3. #3Kimberly34,130
  4. #4Michelle34,047
  5. #5Amy25,212
  6. #6Angela24,929
  7. #7Melissa23,735
  8. #8Tammy19,587
  9. #9Mary19,204
  10. #10Tracy18,464
  11. #5,413Alfie9

Top boys' names in 1970

  1. #1Michael85,266
  2. #2James61,735
  3. #3David61,728
  4. #4John58,491
  5. #5Robert57,177
  6. #6Christopher41,747
  7. #7William38,887
  8. #8Brian31,917
  9. #9Mark31,461
  10. #10Richard30,442
  11. #1,435Alfie34
More about 1970

girls

1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 194,238 of them was named Alfie, which outranked 42.1% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alfie
  1. #5,061Yoland10
  2. #5,061Zona10
  3. #5,061Zorana10
  4. #5,413Alfie9
  5. #5,413Acquanetta9
  6. #5,413Adrienna9
  7. #5,413Albertha9
  8. #5,818Adah8
  9. #5,818Adriann8
  10. #5,818Agueda8

Tied with 404 names at #5,413; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,541Tanisha#2,515 → #974
  2. ↑ 1,194India#1,955 → #761
  3. ↑ 695Shay#1,648 → #953
  4. ↑ 685Terra#1,303 → #618
  5. ↑ 669Dyan#1,648 → #979
Fallers
  1. ↓ 385Cinnamon#698 → #1,083
  2. ↓ 306Kaye#932 → #1,238
  3. ↓ 303Luanne#990 → #1,293
  4. ↓ 273Laureen#845 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 273Lesia#965 → #1,238

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 54,654 of them was named Alfie, which outranked 73.6% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alfie
  1. #1,416Patricio35
  2. #1,416Rojelio35
  3. #1,416Valentine35
  4. #1,435Alfie34
  5. #1,435Abe34
  6. #1,435Addison34
  7. #1,435Alford34
  8. #1,462Angus33
  9. #1,462Antwon33
  10. #1,462Arlo33

Tied with 26 names at #1,435; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,783Jermaine#4,404 → #621
  2. ↑ 1,000Dax#1,861 → #861
  3. ↑ 842Jeramy#1,810 → #968
  4. ↑ 639Branden#1,570 → #931
  5. ↑ 407Braden#1,396 → #989
Fallers
  1. ↓ 593Jemal#549 → #1,142
  2. ↓ 307Karen#885 → #1,192
  3. ↓ 307Merlin#885 → #1,192
  4. ↓ 302Dennie#920 → #1,222
  5. ↓ 276Luciano#931 → #1,207

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1970 →