Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Alfred

#162 most common boys' name of all time · #334 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#162
Rank overall
#334 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
245,153
Since 2016
2,688
Peak year
1928 #33
Best rank
#32 1882
Girls Boys peak 6,291/yr
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Alfred 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 293 293 #840
2024 — 296 296 #837
2023 — 245 245 #928
2022 — 291 291 #837
2021 — 255 255 #901
2020 — 250 250 #899
2019 — 286 286 #802
2018 — 254 254 #862
2017 — 252 252 #864
2016 — 266 266 #845
2015 — 232 232 #922
2014 — 288 288 #795
2013 — 208 208 #962
2012 — 212 212 #949
2011 — 219 219 #919
2010 — 225 225 #904
2009 — 263 263 #828
2008 — 278 278 #787
2007 — 301 301 #743
2006 — 282 282 #749
2005 — 280 280 #725
2004 — 267 267 #718
2003 — 274 274 #696
2002 — 284 284 #657
2001 — 345 345 #583
2000 — 350 350 #576
1999 — 338 338 #576
1998 — 372 372 #538
1997 — 378 378 #529
1996 — 423 423 #496
1995 — 449 449 #482
1994 5 453 458 #475
1993 — 524 524 #427
1992 — 571 571 #402
1991 5 577 582 #393
1990 — 642 642 #364
1989 8 634 642 #359
1988 — 721 721 #312
1987 7 682 689 #313
1986 11 672 683 #305
1985 — 675 675 #304
1984 — 748 748 #277
1983 9 808 817 #258
1982 6 834 840 #261
1981 8 814 822 #267
1980 8 864 872 #255
1979 11 836 847 #253
1978 14 895 909 #234
1977 9 948 957 #228
1976 9 903 912 #225
1975 5 949 954 #219
1974 16 973 989 #218
1973 11 1,075 1,086 #201
1972 14 1,162 1,176 #200
1971 14 1,372 1,386 #186
1970 12 1,418 1,430 #190
1969 14 1,496 1,510 #185
1968 11 1,494 1,505 #178
1967 10 1,633 1,643 #164
1966 13 1,607 1,620 #170
1965 9 1,656 1,665 #171
1964 16 1,962 1,978 #163
1963 11 1,988 1,999 #162
1962 13 2,130 2,143 #156
1961 21 2,284 2,305 #152
1960 18 2,406 2,424 #147
1959 21 2,545 2,566 #138
1958 15 2,711 2,726 #133
1957 13 2,823 2,836 #131
1956 15 2,945 2,960 #121
1955 6 2,980 2,986 #119
1954 16 3,044 3,060 #116
1953 15 3,132 3,147 #104
1952 6 3,134 3,140 #104
1951 18 3,203 3,221 #100
1950 13 3,235 3,248 #96
1949 14 3,190 3,204 #96
1948 16 3,245 3,261 #96
1947 16 3,417 3,433 #96
1946 8 3,238 3,246 #94
1945 9 2,894 2,903 #88
1944 15 3,047 3,062 #82
1943 13 3,445 3,458 #78
1942 12 3,408 3,420 #76
1941 20 3,052 3,072 #74
1940 14 3,062 3,076 #69
1939 15 2,990 3,005 #70
1938 19 3,008 3,027 #69
1937 16 3,181 3,197 #60
1936 17 3,253 3,270 #60
1935 14 3,128 3,142 #63
1934 16 3,158 3,174 #64
1933 19 3,268 3,287 #57
1932 21 3,899 3,920 #49
1931 40 3,949 3,989 #50
1930 37 4,558 4,595 #46
1929 37 4,928 4,965 #41
1928 39 6,252 6,291 #33
1927 39 4,756 4,795 #45
1926 33 4,726 4,759 #45
1925 30 4,796 4,826 #43
1924 25 4,929 4,954 #43
1923 20 5,005 5,025 #42
1922 23 4,833 4,856 #42
1921 29 4,925 4,954 #43
1920 25 5,006 5,031 #42
1919 28 4,615 4,643 #42
1918 17 4,873 4,890 #42
1917 22 4,424 4,446 #43
1916 16 4,278 4,294 #43
1915 15 4,231 4,246 #42
1914 15 3,347 3,362 #41
1913 11 2,577 2,588 #42
1912 14 2,210 2,224 #40
1911 5 1,158 1,163 #39
1910 5 922 927 #38
1909 — 763 763 #39
1908 — 739 739 #38
1907 5 738 743 #36
1906 5 632 637 #40
1905 — 591 591 #43
1904 7 600 607 #41
1903 — 557 557 #39
1902 7 590 597 #39
1901 — 506 506 #39
1900 — 640 640 #42
1899 7 496 503 #41
1898 6 645 651 #36
1897 — 513 513 #40
1896 — 527 527 #42
1895 — 551 551 #38
1894 — 521 521 #40
1893 — 530 530 #38
1892 — 542 542 #40
1891 — 499 499 #39
1890 — 549 549 #35
1889 — 472 472 #41
1888 — 536 536 #37
1887 — 468 468 #35
1886 — 480 480 #36
1885 — 446 446 #39
1884 — 520 520 #37
1883 — 457 457 #35
1882 — 523 523 #32
1881 — 466 466 #33
1880 — 469 469 #35