Alf
#4,449 most common boys' name of all time · #10,934 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–1979
Rank among boys
#4,449
Rank overall
#10,934 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
88 of 146
All-time
1,130
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1916 #1,047
Best rank
#477 1883
Girls
Boys
peak 38/yr
Alf is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1975 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,961 |
| 1974 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,859 |
| 1972 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,466 |
| 1971 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,937 |
| 1969 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,428 |
| 1968 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,177 |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1964 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,875 |
| 1962 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,067 |
| 1961 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,099 |
| 1960 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,096 |
| 1959 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,836 |
| 1957 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,030 |
| 1956 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,989 |
| 1954 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,460 |
| 1953 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,163 |
| 1952 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,528 |
| 1951 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,388 |
| 1950 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,592 |
| 1949 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,825 |
| 1948 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,339 |
| 1947 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,183 |
| 1946 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,550 |
| 1945 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,018 |
| 1944 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,486 |
| 1943 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,979 |
| 1942 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,954 |
| 1941 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,892 |
| 1939 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,066 |
| 1938 | — | 13 | 13 | #1,987 |
| 1937 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,927 |
| 1936 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,592 |
| 1935 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,139 |
| 1934 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,797 |
| 1933 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,653 |
| 1932 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,791 |
| 1931 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,702 |
| 1930 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,702 |
| 1929 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,619 |
| 1928 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,833 |
| 1927 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,523 |
| 1926 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,916 |
| 1925 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,876 |
| 1924 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,247 |
| 1923 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,426 |
| 1922 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,892 |
| 1921 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,451 |
| 1920 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,464 |
| 1919 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,162 |
| 1918 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,237 |
| 1917 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,116 |
| 1916 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,047 |
| 1915 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,104 |
| 1914 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,107 |
| 1913 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,149 |
| 1912 | — | 22 | 22 | #978 |
| 1911 | — | 19 | 19 | #742 |
| 1910 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,451 |
| 1909 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,307 |
| 1908 | — | 9 | 9 | #966 |
| 1907 | — | 11 | 11 | #846 |
| 1906 | — | 9 | 9 | #879 |
| 1905 | — | 8 | 8 | #950 |
| 1904 | — | 10 | 10 | #782 |
| 1903 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,180 |
| 1902 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,172 |
| 1901 | — | 12 | 12 | #621 |
| 1900 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,001 |
| 1898 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,160 |
| 1897 | — | 10 | 10 | #710 |
| 1896 | — | 9 | 9 | #798 |
| 1895 | — | 6 | 6 | #999 |
| 1894 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,002 |
| 1893 | — | 11 | 11 | #640 |
| 1892 | — | 10 | 10 | #721 |
| 1891 | — | 11 | 11 | #589 |
| 1890 | — | 10 | 10 | #648 |
| 1889 | — | 12 | 12 | #573 |
| 1888 | — | 10 | 10 | #675 |
| 1887 | — | 8 | 8 | #718 |
| 1886 | — | 9 | 9 | #677 |
| 1885 | — | 5 | 5 | #982 |
| 1884 | — | 7 | 7 | #797 |
| 1883 | — | 15 | 15 | #477 |
| 1882 | — | 6 | 6 | #866 |
| 1881 | — | 5 | 5 | #895 |
| 1880 | — | 7 | 7 | #752 |