EveryBabyNames

Alfred

4 countries#840 in United States, 2025
US
#840
in United States, 2025
FR
#1128
in France, 2022
SCOT
#226
in Scotland, 2025
NI
#344
in Northern Ireland, 2025
Total births recorded
311,407
Peak year (United States)
1928
Peak-year count
6,291
First recorded
1880

Popularity across 4 countries

Each line is scaled to its own peak, so you can compare when Alfred was in fashion in each country, whatever the population size.

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020
United StatesFranceScotlandNorthern Ireland

Country by country

United States

245,153 births recorded 1880–2025 · currently #840 · peaked in 1928 with 6,291 births

Most common in: New York, California, Pennsylvania, Texas, Massachusetts

Source: Social Security Administration, official birth-registration data

France

65,881 births recorded 1900–2022 · currently #1128 · peaked in 1910 with 1,994 births

Most common in: Bas-Rhin, Nord, Pas-de-Calais, Paris, Moselle

Source: INSEE, official birth-registration data

Scotland

314 births recorded 1974–2025 · currently #226 · peaked in 2019 with 20 births

Source: National Records of Scotland, official birth-registration data

Northern Ireland

59 births recorded 2008–2025 · currently #344 · peaked in 2009 with 6 births

Source: NISRA, official birth-registration data

United States rank history

Alfred’s rank among boys’ names, most recent 20 years on record.

YearRankvs. prior yr
2006#749
2007#743↑6
2008#787↓44
2009#828↓41
2010#904↓76
2011#919↓15
2012#949↓30
2013#962↓13
2014#795↑167
2015#922↓127
2016#845↑77
2017#864↓19
2018#862↑2
2019#802↑60
2020#899↓97
2021#901↓2
2022#837↑64
2023#928↓91
2024#837↑91
2025#840↓3

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