Alfreda

Last seen for girls in 2018 at #15,682 · Last seen for boys in 1978 at #5,772
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1925 · 231 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
11,383
since 1881

Alfreda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Alfreda has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201953peak #456, 1925girls
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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
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018#15,6825
2017
2016
2015
2014#16,5135
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006#17,1685
2005
2004#16,0995
2003
2002
2001
2000#13,1546
1999#14,4115
1998#14,1225
1997#12,0706
1996#11,8076
1995#8,7669
1994#7,09712
1993#8,05210
1992#6,31414
1991#5,18118
1990#4,69420
1989#6,16013
1988#4,01522
1987#3,52425
1986#3,20328
1985#2,74934
1984#2,62535
1983#2,23643
1982#2,36941
1981#2,19546
1980#2,80032
1979#1,87456
1978#1,96249#5,7725
1977#1,85754
1976#1,67758
1975#1,33281
1974#1,20991
1973#1,23984
1972#1,16193
1971#1,22192
1970#1,19196
1969#1,23482
1968#991111
1967#926122
1966#949115
1965#803152#3,2447
1964#797171
1963#689215
1962#661236
1961#660242
1960#600274
1959#571294
1958#504363
1957#584273#3,5526
1956#575267
1955#588244
1954#597230#3,1767
1953#622203
1952#568233
1951#635188
1950#599199
1949#680151
1948#708139
1947#737135
1946#748119
1945#75599
1944#638132
1943#678125
1942#648132
1941#681106
1940#649115
1939#666104
1938#666107
1937#594128
1936#615115
1935#638104
1934#562130
1933#612112
1932#663103#3,7765
1931#584128
1930#593134
1929#561148
1928#539166
1927#525181
1926#497196
1925#456231
1924#459228#4,3475
1923#495198
1922#488199
1921#527181
1920#474205
1919#507178
1918#483196
1917#500174
1916#480176
1915#547136
1914#540107
1913#57977
1912#64859
1911#63446
1910#76831
1909#64437
1908#60239
1907#79022
1906#71626
1905#73424
1904#68226
1903#1,02712
1902#73422
1901#82916
1900#78022
1899#75618
1898#79018
1897#62724
1896#55330
1895#89313
1894#95011
1893#73916
1892#95810
1891#75013
1890#82511
1889
1888#9598
1887#7889
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881#6797
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Alfreda! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1886, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Alfreda is popular in 1953

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedMNIllinois: #655 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 11,804 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedWIMichigan: #470 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 6,384 girlsMINew York: #665 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 11,834 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedINOhio: #641 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 12,053 girlsOHPennsylvania: #566 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 10,066 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedNEMissouri: #495 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,985 girlsMOKentucky: #405 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,700 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedWVVirginia: #342 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,294 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #500 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,412 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #283 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,923 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #306 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,594 girlsDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #547 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,174 girlsLAMississippi: #378 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,096 girlsMSAlabama: #361 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,304 girlsALGeorgia: #369 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,184 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Alfreda, so not publishedHITexas: #730 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 9,235 girlsTXFlorida: #322 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,552 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Carolina#283 · 1 in 1,923
  2. District of Columbia#306 · 1 in 2,594
  3. Florida#322 · 1 in 2,552
  4. Virginia#342 · 1 in 3,294
  5. Alabama#361 · 1 in 3,304

Best ever in a state: #144 in Maine, 1926.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#283151 in 1,923
District of Columbia#30651 in 2,594
Florida#322141 in 2,552
Virginia#342121 in 3,294
Alabama#361111 in 3,304
Georgia#369141 in 3,184
Mississippi#37891 in 3,096
Kentucky#40571 in 4,700
Michigan#470131 in 6,384
Missouri#49561 in 6,985
North Carolina#50081 in 6,412
Louisiana#54761 in 6,174
Pennsylvania#566111 in 10,066
Ohio#64181 in 12,053
Illinois#65581 in 11,804
New York#665131 in 11,834
Texas#730121 in 9,235
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Alfreda
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
  • Biggest jump: 345 spots in 1904 (#1,027#682)
  • Biggest drop: 293 spots in 1903 (#734#1,027)
Rise & fade · girls
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1925 at #456 (231 births)
  • Births halved by 1932, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 81 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1904–1968
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,270
  • Highest: 1 in 5,270 girls born in 1925 were named Alfreda (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 340,215 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 21.9% of all girls named Alfreda (2,494) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s24#679 (1881)#809
1890s164#553 (1896)#784
1900s246#602 (1908)#754
1910s1,180#480 (1916)#569
1920s1,933#456 (1925)#502
1930s1,165#562 (1934)#619
1940s1,253#638 (1944)#692
1950s2,494#504 (1958)#584
1960s1,720#600 (1960)#831
1970s754#1,161 (1972)#1,472
1980s319#2,195 (1981)#3,188
1990s105#4,694 (1990)#9,251
2000s16#13,154 (2000)#15,474
2010s10#15,682 (2018)#16,098

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Alfreda in 1953

girls
#622
203 births · 1 in 9,267 girls

Top girls' names in 1953

  1. #1Mary64,389
  2. #2Linda61,281
  3. #3Deborah52,199
  4. #4Patricia51,019
  5. #5Susan44,297
  6. #6Barbara38,473
  7. #7Debra36,856
  8. #8Nancy30,620
  9. #9Karen29,858
  10. #10Pamela25,760
  11. #622Alfreda203
More about 1953

girls

1,881,301 girls got a published name in 1953; 1 in 9,267 of them was named Alfreda, which outranked 90.4% of the 6,497 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alfreda
  1. #619Jannie205
  2. #619Randy205
  3. #621Ivy204
  4. #622Alfreda203
  5. #622Iva203
  6. #622Josie203
  7. #622Sybil203
  8. #627Patrica202
  9. #628Barbra200
  10. #628Janell200

Tied with 4 names at #622; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1952
Risers
  1. 2,253Enola#3,201#948
  2. 885Lu#1,368#483
  3. 749Joni#1,046#297
  4. 553Brooke#1,351#798
  5. 531Lorri#1,430#899
Fallers
  1. 274Roseanna#808#1,082
  2. 253Georgie#946#1,199
  3. 218Pandora#783#1,001
  4. 204Fonda#822#1,026
  5. 195Brinda#935#1,130

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

See the top 100 for 1953