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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #32, 1882boys
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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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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.

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 1933

girls
#1,773
19 births · 1 in 53,049 girls
boys
#57
3,268 births · 1 in 303 boys

Top girls' names in 1933

  1. #1Mary55,517
  2. #2Betty31,531
  3. #3Barbara26,949
  4. #4Dorothy22,054
  5. #5Joan19,294
  6. #6Patricia18,632
  7. #7Margaret15,241
  8. #8Helen14,644
  9. #9Shirley14,320
  10. #10Doris12,025
  11. #1,773Alfred19

Top boys' names in 1933

  1. #1Robert54,221
  2. #2James51,112
  3. #3John46,224
  4. #4William39,049
  5. #5Richard31,331
  6. #6Charles28,991
  7. #7Donald28,450
  8. #8George18,356
  9. #9Joseph17,162
  10. #10Thomas16,508
  11. #57Alfred3,268
More about 1933

girls

1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 53,049 of them was named Alfred, which outranked 63.5% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alfred
  1. #1,723Verneda20
  2. #1,723Verta20
  3. #1,723Vertie20
  4. #1,773Alfred19
  5. #1,773Adrianne19
  6. #1,773Aggie19
  7. #1,773Alethea19
  8. #1,835Adaline18
  9. #1,835Agustina18
  10. #1,835Amaryllis18

Tied with 61 names at #1,773; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. 1,022Rheta#1,754#732
  2. 930Joellen#1,877#947
  3. 583Veola#1,568#985
  4. 483Sharlene#1,162#679
  5. 475Louetta#1,448#973
Fallers
  1. 395Golda#969#1,364
  2. 322Louis#940#1,262
  3. 298Bebe#899#1,197
  4. 291Clyde#998#1,289
  5. 291Mariam#998#1,289

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

boys

991,524 boys got a published name in 1933; 1 in 303 of them was named Alfred, which outranked 98.6% of the 4,156 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alfred
  1. #54Don3,453
  2. #55Stanley3,432
  3. #56Leroy3,357
  4. #57Alfred3,268
  5. #58Larry3,251
  6. #59Bill3,223
  7. #60Peter3,137
Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. 553Neville#1,548#995
  2. 401Cordell#1,286#885
  3. 381Hamilton#1,286#905
  4. 375Delano#677#302
  5. 313Jan#937#624
Fallers
  1. 568Hoover#793#1,361
  2. 541Porfirio#915#1,456
  3. 424Rosendo#937#1,361
  4. 381Alfonzo#821#1,202
  5. 368Hillard#862#1,230

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

See the top 100 for 1933