Recorded 1880–2025 · United States
Alfred was most popular in 1928, when 6,291 American babies were given the name — ranking #71 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,720, with 293 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 245,153 people named Alfred.
The Social Security Administration’s records begin in 1880, and Alfred is already there in that first year — so the name is older than the record and these figures cannot date it. It has been recorded in 146 of the 146 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 245,153 American births named Alfred between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 84,599 are estimated to be alive today.
293 American babies were named Alfred in 2025, ranking #1,720 that year.
Alfred is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 276 births a year, against 232 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +19% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Alfred is a boy’s name — 0.5% of the 245,153 Americans given it were girls and 99.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 84,599 Americans named Alfred are alive today — 35% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 66 years old, and half are between 50 and 76.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Old English · "counsel of the elves"
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org