Alf
Last seen for boys in 1979 at #6,056
- Peak · boys
- 1883 · 15 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,130since 1880
Alf over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Alf has never cracked the top 400 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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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| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #1,820 | 17 |
| 1948 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #2,169 | 13 |
| 1946 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #2,467 | 9 |
| 1943 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #1,946 | 14 |
| 1941 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,050 | 12 |
| 1938 | #1,976 | 13 |
| 1937 | #1,913 | 14 |
| 1936 | #1,587 | 18 |
| 1935 | #2,127 | 12 |
| 1934 | #1,783 | 16 |
| 1933 | #1,644 | 18 |
| 1932 | #1,777 | 17 |
| 1931 | #1,693 | 18 |
| 1930 | #1,693 | 19 |
| 1929 | #1,611 | 21 |
| 1928 | #1,822 | 18 |
| 1927 | #1,516 | 25 |
| 1926 | #1,911 | 17 |
| 1925 | #1,870 | 18 |
| 1924 | #1,246 | 34 |
| 1923 | #1,420 | 27 |
| 1922 | #1,883 | 18 |
| 1921 | #1,448 | 27 |
| 1920 | #1,457 | 26 |
| 1919 | #1,159 | 36 |
| 1918 | #1,231 | 32 |
| 1917 | #1,113 | 36 |
| 1916 | #1,043 | 38 |
| 1915 | #1,100 | 34 |
| 1914 | #1,101 | 27 |
| 1913 | #1,146 | 20 |
| 1912 | #970 | 22 |
| 1911 | #732 | 19 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #946 | 9 |
| 1907 | #815 | 11 |
| 1906 | #852 | 9 |
| 1905 | #919 | 8 |
| 1904 | #760 | 10 |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #596 | 12 |
| 1900 | #968 | 8 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | #681 | 10 |
| 1896 | #778 | 9 |
| 1895 | #978 | 6 |
| 1894 | #954 | 6 |
| 1893 | #615 | 11 |
| 1892 | #688 | 10 |
| 1891 | #564 | 11 |
| 1890 | #629 | 10 |
| 1889 | #549 | 12 |
| 1888 | #648 | 10 |
| 1887 | #679 | 8 |
| 1886 | #647 | 9 |
| 1885 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | #764 | 7 |
| 1883 | #460 | 15 |
| 1882 | #837 | 6 |
| 1881 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | #745 | 7 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Alf was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1898–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Alf
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1979
- Biggest jump: 689 spots in 1911 (#1,421 → #732)
- Biggest drop: 541 spots in 1902 (#596 → #1,137)
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1883 at #460 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 27 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1880–1897
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,975
- Highest: 1 in 6,975 boys born in 1883 were named Alf (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 344,307 boys born in 1979 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
- 23.9% of all boys named Alf (270) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 84 | #460 (1883) | #713 |
| 1890s | 78 | #564 (1891) | #779 |
| 1900s | 83 | #596 (1901) | #940 |
| 1910s | 270 | #732 (1911) | #1,102 |
| 1920s | 231 | #1,246 (1924) | #1,618 |
| 1930s | 157 | #1,587 (1936) | #1,824 |
| 1940s | 88 | #1,820 (1949) | #2,565 |
| 1950s | 65 | #2,449 (1954) | #2,979 |
| 1960s | 42 | #2,854 (1964) | #3,791 |
| 1970s | 32 | #3,837 (1974) | #4,636 |
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.
Alf in 1880
boys
#745
7 births · 1 in 15,784 boys
Top boys' names in 1880
More about 1880
boys
110,490 boys got a published name in 1880; 1 in 15,784 of them was named Alf, which outranked 29.6% of the 1,058 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 44.2% of boys (8.0% in 2025).