NameTides

Alfie

Alfie was the #2,056 boys' name in the US in 2025 (72 babies), and #16 in England & Wales and #782 in Canada.

Alfie as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Alfie as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesIrelandCanadaUS
Alfie as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#2,056 (72)#16 (1,955)#16 (167)#23 (66)#36 (135)#782 (34)#96 (91)—
2024#2,028 (75)#16 (2,020)#15 (196)#17 (82)#49 (117)#1,156 (20)#81 (100)—
2023#2,078 (71)#16 (2,111)#19 (182)#15 (85)#45 (127)#724 (35)#77 (104)—
2022#2,408 (58)#17 (2,304)#9 (243)#15 (87)#47 (139)#1,092 (20)#89 (99)—
2021#2,819 (44)#16 (2,338)#12 (224)#24 (76)#44 (147)#1,478 (13)—#100 (73)
2020#2,617 (48)#18 (2,414)#13 (233)#15 (89)#41 (143)#1,129 (19)——
2019#2,897 (42)#15 (2,785)#9 (261)#10 (117)#40 (162)#1,530 (12)——
2018#3,524 (31)#15 (2,977)#16 (249)#14 (116)#46 (159)#1,682 (10)——
2017#3,889 (27)#12 (3,287)#11 (275)#17 (106)#36 (184)#1,852 (9)——
2016#3,990 (26)#14 (3,555)#15 (257)#10 (139)#54 (149)#1,487 (12)——
2015#4,890 (19)#14 (3,540)#17 (249)#13 (132)#62 (124)#2,387 (6)——
2014#8,781 (8)#12 (3,868)#23 (236)#17 (120)#58 (141)#2,133 (7)——
2013#7,026 (11)#11 (4,138)#17 (257)#14 (134)#66 (120)———
2012#6,306 (13)#7 (4,843)#18 (284)#19 (130)#79 (102)———
2011#7,502 (10)#4 (5,524)#23 (270)#17 (140)#85 (92)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #2,028.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1917.
  • In 2020, 9% of US babies named Alfie were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 24,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 24,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 140very common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 120very common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 130very common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 180very common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Alfie is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 18,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 14,000 to 1 in 24,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alfie by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,297NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,150CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,574TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Alfie (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#7165

Alfie (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AlfieCanadaBoys#78234
AlfieEngland & WalesGirls—too few
AlfieEngland & WalesBoys#161,955
Alfie-England & WalesBoys—too few
AlfieIrelandBoys#36135
AlfieNorthern IrelandBoys#2366
AlfieNSWBoys#9691
AlfieScotlandBoys#16167
AlfieUSGirls—too few
AlfieUSBoys#2,05672
AlfieVICBoys—too few