NameTides

Alfred

Alfred was the #840 boys' name in the US in 2025 (293 babies), and #76 in England & Wales and #457 in Canada.

Alfred as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Alfred as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandIrelandNorthern IrelandCanadaUS
Alfred as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#840 (293)#76 (682)#226 (18)#344 (4)#286 (15)#457 (69)
2024#837 (296)#81 (657)#278 (14)—#430 (8)#418 (77)
2023#928 (245)#76 (678)#341 (10)#272 (6)#472 (7)#437 (66)
2022#837 (291)#81 (706)#325 (11)#414 (3)#657 (4)#465 (60)
2021#901 (255)#80 (739)#533 (5)#374 (4)#336 (12)#485 (60)
2020#899 (250)#91 (635)#278 (14)#392 (3)#271 (17)#435 (66)
2019#802 (286)#97 (645)#225 (20)#312 (5)#646 (4)#502 (56)
2018#862 (254)#106 (616)#392 (8)#283 (6)#369 (10)#461 (60)
2017#864 (252)#107 (592)#250 (18)#318 (5)#418 (8)#569 (47)
2016#845 (266)#111 (589)#331 (11)#358 (4)#353 (11)#713 (36)
2015#922 (232)#114 (552)#273 (15)—#421 (8)#614 (43)
2014#795 (288)#125 (511)#252 (17)#398 (3)#347 (12)#681 (37)
2013#962 (208)#136 (430)#269 (15)#398 (3)#383 (10)#685 (36)
2012#949 (212)#158 (375)#361 (9)—#401 (9)#733 (32)
2011#919 (219)#158 (365)#345 (10)—#540 (5)#792 (28)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1928 at #33.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,800 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 5,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 400common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Alfred is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,800 to 1 in 6,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alfred by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #684WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #640MNIllinois: #632ILMichigan: #571MINew York: #639NYMassachusetts: #620MAOregon: #529ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #605PANew Jersey: #829NJConnecticut: #440CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #708CAUtah: #473UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #727VAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: 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: #1,028NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,096GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,094TXFlorida: #1,191FL
Alfred (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#25320
Ontario2024#45827

Alfred (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
AlfredCanadaBoys#45769
AlfredEngland & WalesBoys#76682
AlfredIrelandBoys#28615
AlfredNorthern IrelandBoys#3444
AlfredScotlandBoys#22618
AlfredUSGirls—too few
AlfredUSBoys#840293