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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201975peak #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 1975

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #120 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 562 boysAKMaine: #135 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 937 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Alfred, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Alfred, so not publishedNHWashington: #251 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,109 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Alfred, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Alfred, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Alfred, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #248 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,987 boysMNIllinois: #258 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 1,956 boysILWisconsin: #343 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,145 boysWIMichigan: #247 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 2,379 boysMINew York: #195 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 1,294 boysNYMassachusetts: #159 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,503 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Alfred, so not publishedRIOregon: 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: fewer than 5 boys named Alfred, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Alfred, so not publishedIAIndiana: #295 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,266 boysINOhio: #271 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 2,836 boysOHPennsylvania: #197 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 1,939 boysPANew Jersey: #134 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 898 boysNJConnecticut: #183 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,481 boysCTCalifornia: #179 for boys · 154 births · 1 in 988 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Alfred, so not publishedUTColorado: #194 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,244 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Alfred, so not publishedNEMissouri: #412 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,481 boysMOKentucky: #314 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,714 boysKYWest Virginia: #192 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,628 boysWVVirginia: #263 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,203 boysVAMaryland: #205 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,593 boysMDDelaware: #114 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 661 boysDEArizona: #182 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 919 boysAZNew Mexico: #115 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 488 boysNMKansas: #311 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,942 boysKSArkansas: #256 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,861 boysARTennessee: #349 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,763 boysTNNorth Carolina: #216 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,462 boysNCSouth Carolina: #241 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,524 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #155 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 766 boysDCOklahoma: #266 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,073 boysOKLouisiana: #169 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 815 boysLAMississippi: #249 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,522 boysMSAlabama: #264 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,820 boysALGeorgia: #253 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,734 boysGAHawaii: #115 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 504 boysHITexas: #202 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 1,010 boysTXFlorida: #215 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 1,296 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Delaware#114 · 1 in 661
  2. New Mexico#115 · 1 in 488
  3. Hawaii#115 · 1 in 504
  4. Alaska#120 · 1 in 562
  5. New Jersey#134 · 1 in 898

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Delaware#11451 in 661
Hawaii#115121 in 504
New Mexico#115181 in 488
Alaska#12051 in 562
New Jersey#134461 in 898
Maine#13571 in 937
District of Columbia#155101 in 766
Massachusetts#159221 in 1,503
Louisiana#169371 in 815
California#1791541 in 988
Arizona#182191 in 919
Connecticut#183111 in 1,481
West Virginia#19281 in 1,628
Colorado#194151 in 1,244
New York#195871 in 1,294
Pennsylvania#197371 in 1,939
Texas#2021061 in 1,010
Maryland#205131 in 1,593
Florida#215371 in 1,296
North Carolina#216251 in 1,462
South Carolina#241131 in 1,524
Michigan#247261 in 2,379
Minnesota#24891 in 2,987
Mississippi#249121 in 1,522
Washington#251111 in 2,109
Georgia#253211 in 1,734
Arkansas#25681 in 1,861
Illinois#258401 in 1,956
Virginia#263141 in 2,203
Alabama#264141 in 1,820
Oklahoma#26691 in 2,073
Ohio#271271 in 2,836
Indiana#295121 in 3,266
Kansas#31151 in 2,942
Kentucky#31471 in 3,714
Wisconsin#34361 in 5,145
Tennessee#34981 in 3,763
Missouri#41261 in 5,481
Idaho
Iowa
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
North Dakota
Oregon
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Utah
Vermont
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 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 1975

girls
#9,067
5 births · 1 in 291,572 girls
boys
#219
949 births · 1 in 1,645 boys

Top girls' names in 1975

  1. #1Jennifer58,190
  2. #2Amy32,254
  3. #3Heather24,301
  4. #4Melissa24,168
  5. #5Angela23,361
  6. #6Michelle22,665
  7. #7Kimberly20,257
  8. #8Lisa18,139
  9. #9Stephanie15,775
  10. #10Nicole14,275
  11. #9,067Alfred5

Top boys' names in 1975

  1. #1Michael68,418
  2. #2Jason52,159
  3. #3Christopher46,575
  4. #4James39,569
  5. #5David39,156
  6. #6Robert35,306
  7. #7John35,079
  8. #8Brian30,578
  9. #9Matthew28,527
  10. #10William25,561
  11. #219Alfred949
More about 1975

girls

1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 291,572 of them was named Alfred, which outranked 14.6% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alfred
  1. #7,984Zenda6
  2. #7,984Zona6
  3. #7,984Zsazsa6
  4. #9,067Alfred5
  5. #9,067Aaren5
  6. #9,067Abel5
  7. #9,067Abraham5

Tied with 1,551 names at #9,067; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. 1,732Pepper#2,683#951
  2. 1,666Mandie#2,396#730
  3. 1,140Tiana#1,772#632
  4. 779Lacy#1,486#707
  5. 719Lacey#1,284#565
Fallers
  1. 447Nia#672#1,119
  2. 429Alethea#716#1,145
  3. 404Cicely#608#1,012
  4. 307Elaina#994#1,301
  5. 303Cristin#938#1,241

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

boys

1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 1,645 of them was named Alfred, which outranked 96.5% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alfred
  1. #216Pedro983
  2. #217Francis957
  3. #218Greg952
  4. #219Alfred949
  5. #220Jody939
  6. #221Andy926
  7. #221Armando926
Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. 722Benjiman#1,692#970
  2. 702Marques#1,520#818
  3. 645Glendon#1,409#764
  4. 502Benji#1,124#622
  5. 471Regan#1,409#938
Fallers
  1. 905Toma#882#1,787
  2. 830Vashon#923#1,753
  3. 352Bruno#993#1,345
  4. 327Hollis#953#1,280
  5. 303Domenico#977#1,280

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

See the top 100 for 1975