Alford
Last seen for girls in 1924 at #5,061 · Last seen for boys in 2019 at #12,145
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 17 births
- Debut · boys
- 14 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,790since 1880
Alford over time
Rank among boys' names. Alford has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #12,145 | 5 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | #11,472 | 5 | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | #8,456 | 7 | |
| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | #10,349 | 5 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,530 | 9 | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #6,618 | 8 | |
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | #7,792 | 6 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,109 | 11 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,228 | 8 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,236 | 10 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,636 | 16 | |
| 1990 | — | #5,823 | 8 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,165 | 9 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,523 | 14 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,959 | 11 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,653 | 12 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,401 | 13 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,364 | 21 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,787 | 16 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,972 | 15 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,038 | 26 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,162 | 24 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,897 | 15 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,473 | 18 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,202 | 21 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,264 | 11 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,704 | 29 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,199 | 19 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,514 | 32 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,721 | 26 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,052 | 20 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,435 | 34 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,810 | 21 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,544 | 26 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,340 | 32 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,299 | 34 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,513 | 26 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,172 | 43 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,338 | 34 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,341 | 34 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,179 | 45 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,115 | 49 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,050 | 54 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,237 | 39 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,199 | 42 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,008 | 55 | |
| 1955 | — | #898 | 68 | |
| 1954 | — | #819 | 78 | |
| 1953 | — | #839 | 73 | |
| 1952 | — | #850 | 67 | |
| 1951 | — | #912 | 60 | |
| 1950 | — | #850 | 64 | |
| 1949 | — | #774 | 79 | |
| 1948 | — | #821 | 69 | |
| 1947 | — | #956 | 55 | |
| 1946 | — | #799 | 69 | |
| 1945 | — | #845 | 55 | |
| 1944 | — | #754 | 68 | |
| 1943 | — | #751 | 74 | |
| 1942 | — | #687 | 87 | |
| 1941 | — | #729 | 72 | |
| 1940 | — | #738 | 69 | |
| 1939 | — | #794 | 59 | |
| 1938 | — | #742 | 68 | |
| 1937 | — | #687 | 76 | |
| 1936 | — | #617 | 89 | |
| 1935 | — | #652 | 83 | |
| 1934 | — | #657 | 84 | |
| 1933 | — | #752 | 66 | |
| 1932 | — | #708 | 76 | |
| 1931 | — | #729 | 71 | |
| 1930 | — | #582 | 106 | |
| 1929 | — | #633 | 93 | |
| 1928 | — | #642 | 94 | |
| 1927 | — | #684 | 89 | |
| 1926 | — | #683 | 86 | |
| 1925 | — | #628 | 101 | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #716 | 85 |
| 1923 | — | #665 | 93 | |
| 1922 | — | #702 | 86 | |
| 1921 | — | #692 | 87 | |
| 1920 | — | #713 | 83 | |
| 1919 | — | #645 | 90 | |
| 1918 | — | #831 | 62 | |
| 1917 | — | #723 | 72 | |
| 1916 | — | #734 | 68 | |
| 1915 | — | #681 | 72 | |
| 1914 | — | #788 | 45 | |
| 1913 | — | #720 | 41 | |
| 1912 | — | #668 | 40 | |
| 1911 | — | #548 | 30 | |
| 1910 | — | #707 | 18 | |
| 1909 | — | #756 | 14 | |
| 1908 | — | #452 | 29 | |
| 1907 | — | #634 | 16 | |
| 1906 | — | #590 | 16 | |
| 1905 | — | #574 | 17 | |
| 1904 | — | #760 | 10 | |
| 1903 | — | #451 | 21 | |
| 1902 | — | #521 | 17 | |
| 1901 | — | #727 | 9 | |
| 1900 | — | #490 | 22 | |
| 1899 | — | #424 | 19 | |
| 1898 | — | #635 | 12 | |
| 1897 | — | #495 | 16 | |
| 1896 | — | #900 | 7 | |
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | #668 | 10 | |
| 1893 | — | #650 | 10 | |
| 1892 | — | #422 | 20 | |
| 1891 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1890 | — | #458 | 16 | |
| 1889 | — | #628 | 10 | |
| 1888 | — | #505 | 15 | |
| 1887 | — | #631 | 9 | |
| 1886 | — | #431 | 17 | |
| 1885 | — | #577 | 11 | |
| 1884 | — | #450 | 17 | |
| 1883 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1882 | — | #453 | 16 | |
| 1881 | — | #416 | 17 | |
| 1880 | — | #482 | 14 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Alford was already there! It came in at #482, and was given to 14 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1998, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Alford is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#554 · 1 in 9,566
- Texas#675 · 1 in 10,873
Best ever in a state: #196 in Alabama, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #554 | 5 | 1 in 9,566 |
| Texas | #675 | 11 | 1 in 10,873 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Alford
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
- Biggest jump: 405 spots in 1897 (#900 → #495)
- Biggest drop: 309 spots in 1904 (#451 → #760)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #416 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1895, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 76 yrs · run 1880–1955
- Highest: 1 in 5,322 boys born in 1908 were named Alford (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 358,843 boys born in 2019 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #416 in 1881, was only 1 in 5,926 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 18.7% of all boys named Alford (897) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 139 | #416 (1881) | #507 |
| 1890s | 127 | #422 (1892) | #612 |
| 1900s | 171 | #451 (1903) | #596 |
| 1910s | 538 | #548 (1911) | #705 |
| 1920s | 897 | #628 (1925) | #676 |
| 1930s | 778 | #582 (1930) | #692 |
| 1940s | 697 | #687 (1942) | #785 |
| 1950s | 600 | #819 (1954) | #966 |
| 1960s | 344 | #1,115 (1960) | #1,365 |
| 1970s | 225 | #1,435 (1970) | #2,146 |
| 1980s | 161 | #2,038 (1981) | #3,202 |
| 1990s | 81 | #3,636 (1991) | #6,221 |
| 2000s | 22 | #8,456 (2002) | #10,208 |
| 2010s | 10 | #12,145 (2019) | #12,196 |
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.
Alford in 1961
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 47,204 of them was named Alford, which outranked 74.7% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,156Verne46
- #1,156Vinson46
- #1,156Zachery46
- #1,179Alford45
- #1,179Arne45
- #1,179Arnie45
- #1,179Benson45
- #1,196Brion44
- #1,196Buck44
- #1,196Danniel44
Tied with 16 names at #1,179; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.