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.
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 1924
Top girls' names in 1924
Top boys' names in 1924
More about 1924
girls
1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 249,774 of them was named Alford, which outranked 14.2% of the 5,900 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 839 names at #5,061; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 13,326 of them was named Alford, which outranked 85.6% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).