Alfred

Last seen for girls in 1994 at #13,430 · #840 for boys in 2025, 293 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1882 · 523 births
Debut · boys
469 births
In top 100 · boys
72 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
243,861
since 1880

Alfred over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201910peak #32, 1882boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#840293
2024—#837296
2023—#928245
2022—#837291
2021—#901255
2020—#899250
2019—#802286
2018—#862254
2017—#864252
2016—#845266
2015—#922232
2014—#795288
2013—#962208
2012—#949212
2011—#919219
2010—#904225
2009—#828263
2008—#787278
2007—#743301
2006—#749282
2005—#725280
2004—#717267
2003—#696274
2002—#657284
2001—#583345
2000—#576350
1999—#576338
1998—#538372
1997—#529378
1996—#496423
1995—#482449
1994#13,4305#475453
1993—#427524
1992—#402571
1991#13,1475#393577
1990—#364642
1989#8,7618#359634
1988—#312721
1987#8,7787#313682
1986#6,15611#305672
1985—#303675
1984—#277748
1983#6,7059#258808
1982#9,2376#261834
1981#7,4098#267814
1980#7,4188#255864
1979#5,75111#253836
1978#4,67914#233895
1977#6,3409#228948
1976#6,0489#225903
1975#9,0675#219949
1974#3,86316#218973
1973#4,87111#2011,075
1972#4,09114#2001,162
1971#4,12314#1861,372
1970#4,49212#1901,418
1969#3,77414#1851,496
1968#4,22211#1781,494
1967#4,30010#1641,633
1966#3,55813#1701,607
1965#4,4949#1711,656
1964#3,24416#1631,962
1963#4,01911#1621,988
1962#3,59213#1562,130
1961#2,67321#1522,284
1960#2,90418#1472,406
1959#2,51721#1382,545
1958#3,08515#1332,711
1957#3,30913#1312,823
1956#3,04815#1212,945
1955#5,2086#1192,980
1954#2,77916#1163,044
1953#2,81215#1043,132
1952#4,9086#1043,134
1951#2,39118#1003,203
1950#2,90913#963,235
1949#2,72614#963,190
1948#2,49116#963,245
1947#2,53016#963,417
1946#3,6658#943,238
1945#3,1329#882,894
1944#2,28715#823,047
1943#2,55813#783,445
1942#2,66612#763,408
1941#1,81020#743,052
1940#2,20314#693,062
1939#2,12515#702,990
1938#1,80519#693,008
1937#1,99916#603,181
1936#1,87317#603,253
1935#2,20614#633,128
1934#2,00316#643,158
1933#1,77319#573,268
1932#1,68521#493,899
1931#1,12740#503,949
1930#1,23237#464,558
1929#1,22337#414,928
1928#1,22339#336,252
1927#1,26139#454,756
1926#1,38833#454,726
1925#1,50430#434,796
1924#1,72325#434,929
1923#1,94420#425,005
1922#1,78523#424,833
1921#1,54329#434,925
1920#1,66625#425,006
1919#1,48128#424,615
1918#2,10217#424,873
1917#1,65222#434,424
1916#2,02816#434,278
1915#2,05015#424,231
1914#1,74015#413,347
1913#1,88311#422,577
1912#1,47714#402,210
1911#2,4635#391,158
1910#2,3985#38922
1909—#39763
1908—#38739
1907#2,0615#36738
1906#1,9515#40632
1905—#43591
1904#1,4867#41600
1903—#39557
1902#1,4387#39590
1901—#39506
1900—#42640
1899#1,2787#41496
1898#1,5026#36645
1897—#40513
1896—#42527
1895—#38551
1894—#40521
1893—#38530
1892—#40542
1891—#39499
1890—#35549
1889—#41472
1888—#37536
1887—#35468
1886—#36480
1885—#39446
1884—#37520
1883—#35457
1882—#32523
1881—#33466
1880—#35469
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Alfred was already there! It came in at #35, and was given to 469 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2002–2025, when fewer than 310 boys a year got the name.

Where Alfred is popular in 1910

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Alfred, so not publishedAKMaine: #31 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 85 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Alfred, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #23 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 61 boysNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Alfred, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Alfred, so not publishedIDMontana: #32 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 86 boysMTNorth Dakota: #25 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 75 boysNDMinnesota: #42 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 130 boysMNIllinois: #50 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 243 boysILWisconsin: #23 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 86 boysWIMichigan: #36 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 126 boysMINew York: #27 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 121 boysNYMassachusetts: #20 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 91 boysMARhode Island: #18 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 50 boysRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Alfred, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Alfred, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Alfred, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #23 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 67 boysSDIowa: #41 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 155 boysIAIndiana: #59 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 231 boysINOhio: #50 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 237 boysOHPennsylvania: #41 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 200 boysPANew Jersey: #25 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 105 boysNJConnecticut: #30 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 112 boysCTCalifornia: #29 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 119 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Alfred, so not publishedUTColorado: #54 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 190 boysCONebraska: #72 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 239 boysNEMissouri: #46 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 178 boysMOKentucky: #63 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 286 boysKYWest Virginia: #62 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 250 boysWVVirginia: #38 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 212 boysVAMaryland: #36 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 172 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Alfred, so not publishedDEArizona: #19 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 54 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Alfred, so not publishedNMKansas: #40 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 122 boysKSArkansas: #81 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 318 boysARTennessee: #50 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 240 boysTNNorth Carolina: #97 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 498 boysNCSouth Carolina: #130 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 803 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #32 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 107 boysDCOklahoma: #79 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 294 boysOKLouisiana: #25 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 115 boysLAMississippi: #62 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 307 boysMSAlabama: #71 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 347 boysALGeorgia: #77 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 375 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Alfred, so not publishedHITexas: #42 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 202 boysTXFlorida: #29 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 129 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Rhode Island#18 · 1 in 50
  2. Arizona#19 · 1 in 54
  3. Massachusetts#20 · 1 in 91
  4. New Hampshire#23 · 1 in 61
  5. South Dakota#23 · 1 in 67

Best ever in a state: #6 in Alaska, 1918.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#18111 in 50
Arizona#1991 in 54
Massachusetts#20521 in 91
New Hampshire#2351 in 61
South Dakota#2391 in 67
Wisconsin#23281 in 86
Louisiana#25421 in 115
New Jersey#25351 in 105
North Dakota#25111 in 75
New York#271301 in 121
California#29271 in 119
Florida#29201 in 129
Connecticut#30121 in 112
Maine#3181 in 85
District of Columbia#3261 in 107
Montana#3251 in 86
Maryland#36131 in 172
Michigan#36271 in 126
Virginia#38241 in 212
Kansas#40181 in 122
Iowa#41141 in 155
Pennsylvania#41681 in 200
Minnesota#42181 in 130
Texas#42451 in 202
Missouri#46281 in 178
Illinois#50341 in 243
Ohio#50261 in 237
Tennessee#50201 in 240
Colorado#5461 in 190
Indiana#59121 in 231
Mississippi#62211 in 307
West Virginia#6281 in 250
Kentucky#63161 in 286
Alabama#71191 in 347
Nebraska#7261 in 239
Georgia#77241 in 375
Oklahoma#79111 in 294
Arkansas#81111 in 318
North Carolina#97131 in 498
South Carolina#13071 in 803
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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 Alfred
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 3 spots since 2024 (#837 → #840)
  • 59 spots since 2020 (#899 → #840)
  • 82 spots since 2015 (#922 → #840)
  • Biggest jump: 167 spots in 2014 (#962 → #795)
  • Biggest drop: 127 spots in 2015 (#795 → #922)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #32 (523 births)
  • Births halved by 2010, 128 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 72 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 72 yrs · run 1880–1951
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 177
  • Highest: 1 in 177 boys born in 1928 were named Alfred (0.56%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,830 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #32 in 1882, was only 1 in 217 (0.46%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 20.6% of all boys named Alfred (50,156) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s4,837#32 (1882)#36
1890s5,373#35 (1890)#39
1900s6,356#36 (1907)#40
1910s32,635#38 (1910)#41
1920s50,156#33 (1928)#42
1930s34,392#46 (1930)#59
1940s31,998#69 (1940)#85
1950s29,752#96 (1950)#116
1960s18,656#147 (1960)#165
1970s10,531#186 (1971)#215
1980s7,452#255 (1980)#291
1990s4,727#364 (1990)#468
2000s2,924#576 (2000)#706
2010s2,442#795 (2014)#882
2020s1,630#837 (2024)#874

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.

Alfred in 1910

girls
#2,398
5 births · 1 in 79,301 girls
boys
#38
922 births · 1 in 211 boys

Top girls' names in 1910

  1. #1Mary22,848
  2. #2Helen10,479
  3. #3Margaret8,226
  4. #4Dorothy7,318
  5. #5Ruth7,212
  6. #6Anna6,436
  7. #7Elizabeth5,800
  8. #8Mildred5,692
  9. #9Marie4,790
  10. #10Alice4,671
  11. #2,398Alfred5

Top boys' names in 1910

  1. #1John11,450
  2. #2James9,194
  3. #3William8,844
  4. #4Robert5,609
  5. #5George5,441
  6. #6Joseph5,228
  7. #7Charles4,784
  8. #8Frank3,768
  9. #9Edward3,407
  10. #10Henry2,899
  11. #38Alfred922
More about 1910

girls

396,503 girls got a published name in 1910; 1 in 79,301 of them was named Alfred, which outranked 14.1% of the 2,790 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alfred
  1. #2,140Zeola6
  2. #2,140Zina6
  3. #2,140Zylphia6
  4. #2,398Alfred5
  5. #2,398Adelaida5
  6. #2,398Adina5
  7. #2,398Adria5

Tied with 392 names at #2,398; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1909
Risers
  1. ↑ 960Alys#1,957 → #997
  2. ↑ 849Lannie#1,763 → #914
  3. ↑ 766Luz#1,763 → #997
  4. ↑ 762Vivien#1,607 → #845
  5. ↑ 693Buna#1,607 → #914
Fallers
  1. ↓ 864Earl#909 → #1,773
  2. ↓ 864Fleta#909 → #1,773
  3. ↓ 783Elba#990 → #1,773
  4. ↓ 644Odile#990 → #1,634
  5. ↓ 576Claribel#845 → #1,421

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

boys

194,208 boys got a published name in 1910; 1 in 211 of them was named Alfred, which outranked 97.9% of the 1,839 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alfred
  1. #35Lawrence1,009
  2. #36Francis1,000
  3. #37Anthony980
  4. #38Alfred922
  5. #39Eugene888
  6. #39Sam888
  7. #41Herbert886
Biggest movers since 1909
Risers
  1. ↑ 711Emma#1,440 → #729
  2. ↑ 679Arturo#1,277 → #598
  3. ↑ 679Sammy#1,277 → #598
  4. ↑ 658Tracy#1,440 → #782
  5. ↑ 623Issac#1,277 → #654
Fallers
  1. ↓ 833Hadley#756 → #1,589
  2. ↓ 785Cedric#804 → #1,589
  3. ↓ 707Waymon#714 → #1,421
  4. ↓ 696Hughie#893 → #1,589
  5. ↓ 696Maceo#893 → #1,589

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

See the top 100 for 1910 →