Meaning not yet researched.
Alfred: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 293 in 2025. Its best rank was #32 in 1882.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #32 in 1882; #840 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Alfred in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#840 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1882, at #32.
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Alfred: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 293 boys in 2025. Peak: #32 in 1882 · most boys in one year: 6,252 (1928).
In 2025, 293 US boys were named Alfred, making it the 840th most common boys’ name of the year, down 3 places from #837 in 2024. That is 3 fewer than the 296 boys named Alfred in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #32, reached in 1882. The most boys given the name in a single year was 6,252, in 1928. For comparison, it was #922 in 2015 and #96 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Alfred in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 469 babies with the name. In all, 245,153 US babies have been given the name, 0.5% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 50,456 babies named Alfred.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,688 US boys were named Alfred; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 296. In 2025 that was about 1 in 5,830 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Alfred ranked highest in Connecticut in 2025, at #442 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Fred (345,684 babies since 1880) and Alfredo (57,360 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Alfread are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Al, Fred and Freddy.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Alfread (26).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 30 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | 6 | #442 | — |
| Utah | 9 | #476 | — |
| Oregon | 6 | #531 | — |
| Michigan | 14 | #572 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 15 | #607 | #1,039 |
| Massachusetts | 7 | #622 | — |
| Illinois | 14 | #633 | #836 |
| New York | 23 | #639 | #700 |
| Minnesota | 7 | #642 | #584 |
| Wisconsin | 6 | #682 | — |
| Washington | 9 | #686 | #852 |
| Maryland | 6 | #707 | — |
| California | 38 | #709 | #761 |
| Virginia | 9 | #732 | #793 |
| Louisiana | 5 | #777 | #537 |
| Ohio | 10 | #802 | #1,210 |
| New Jersey | 7 | #829 | #855 |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,033 | #993 |
| Texas | 20 | #1,096 | #1,036 |
| Georgia | 7 | #1,101 | #1,003 |
| Florida | 10 | #1,193 | #803 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 293 | #840 |
| 2024 | — | — | 296 | #837 |
| 2023 | — | — | 245 | #928 |
| 2022 | — | — | 291 | #837 |
| 2021 | — | — | 255 | #901 |
| 2020 | — | — | 250 | #899 |
| 2019 | — | — | 286 | #802 |
| 2018 | — | — | 254 | #862 |
| 2017 | — | — | 252 | #864 |
| 2016 | — | — | 266 | #845 |
| 2015 | — | — | 232 | #922 |
| 2014 | — | — | 288 | #795 |
| 2013 | — | — | 208 | #962 |
| 2012 | — | — | 212 | #949 |
| 2011 | — | — | 219 | #919 |
| 2010 | — | — | 225 | #905 |
| 2009 | — | — | 263 | #828 |
| 2008 | — | — | 278 | #787 |
| 2007 | — | — | 301 | #743 |
| 2006 | — | — | 282 | #749 |
| 2005 | — | — | 280 | #725 |
| 2004 | — | — | 267 | #717 |
| 2003 | — | — | 274 | #696 |
| 2002 | — | — | 284 | #657 |
| 2001 | — | — | 345 | #583 |
| 2000 | — | — | 350 | #576 |
| 1999 | — | — | 338 | #576 |
| 1998 | — | — | 372 | #538 |
| 1997 | — | — | 378 | #530 |
| 1996 | — | — | 423 | #496 |
| 1995 | — | — | 449 | #482 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,504 | 453 | #475 |
| 1993 | — | — | 524 | #427 |
| 1992 | — | — | 571 | #402 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,218 | 577 | #393 |
| 1990 | — | — | 642 | #364 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,786 | 634 | #359 |
| 1988 | — | — | 721 | #312 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,798 | 682 | #313 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,172 | 672 | #305 |
| 1985 | — | — | 675 | #303 |
| 1984 | — | — | 748 | #277 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,724 | 808 | #258 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,256 | 834 | #261 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,423 | 814 | #267 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,432 | 864 | #255 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,760 | 836 | #253 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,683 | 895 | #233 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,356 | 948 | #228 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,057 | 903 | #225 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,100 | 949 | #219 |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,866 | 973 | #218 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,878 | 1,075 | #201 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,092 | 1,162 | #200 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,128 | 1,372 | #186 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,495 | 1,418 | #190 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,778 | 1,496 | #185 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,225 | 1,494 | #178 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,305 | 1,633 | #164 |
| 1966 | 13 | #3,560 | 1,607 | #170 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,500 | 1,656 | #171 |
| 1964 | 16 | #3,248 | 1,962 | #163 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,023 | 1,988 | #162 |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,595 | 2,130 | #156 |
| 1961 | 21 | #2,674 | 2,284 | #152 |
| 1960 | 18 | #2,905 | 2,406 | #147 |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,520 | 2,545 | #138 |
| 1958 | 15 | #3,088 | 2,711 | #133 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,311 | 2,823 | #131 |
| 1956 | 15 | #3,051 | 2,945 | #121 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,219 | 2,980 | #119 |
| 1954 | 16 | #2,780 | 3,044 | #116 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,817 | 3,132 | #104 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,919 | 3,134 | #104 |
| 1951 | 18 | #2,392 | 3,203 | #100 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,913 | 3,235 | #96 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,730 | 3,190 | #96 |
| 1948 | 16 | #2,493 | 3,245 | #96 |
| 1947 | 16 | #2,532 | 3,417 | #96 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,669 | 3,238 | #94 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,135 | 2,894 | #88 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,289 | 3,047 | #82 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,560 | 3,445 | #78 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,668 | 3,408 | #76 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,810 | 3,052 | #74 |
| 1940 | 14 | #2,205 | 3,062 | #69 |
| 1939 | 15 | #2,126 | 2,990 | #70 |
| 1938 | 19 | #1,806 | 3,008 | #69 |
| 1937 | 16 | #2,001 | 3,181 | #60 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,874 | 3,253 | #60 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,207 | 3,128 | #63 |
| 1934 | 16 | #2,003 | 3,158 | #64 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,776 | 3,268 | #57 |
| 1932 | 21 | #1,686 | 3,899 | #49 |
| 1931 | 40 | #1,127 | 3,949 | #50 |
| 1930 | 37 | #1,232 | 4,558 | #46 |
| 1929 | 37 | #1,223 | 4,928 | #41 |
| 1928 | 39 | #1,223 | 6,252 | #33 |
| 1927 | 39 | #1,261 | 4,756 | #45 |
| 1926 | 33 | #1,389 | 4,726 | #45 |
| 1925 | 30 | #1,505 | 4,796 | #43 |
| 1924 | 25 | #1,723 | 4,929 | #43 |
| 1923 | 20 | #1,945 | 5,005 | #42 |
| 1922 | 23 | #1,787 | 4,833 | #42 |
| 1921 | 29 | #1,543 | 4,925 | #43 |
| 1920 | 25 | #1,667 | 5,006 | #42 |
| 1919 | 28 | #1,482 | 4,615 | #42 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,105 | 4,873 | #42 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,653 | 4,424 | #43 |
| 1916 | 16 | #2,029 | 4,278 | #43 |
| 1915 | 15 | #2,052 | 4,231 | #42 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,742 | 3,347 | #41 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,888 | 2,577 | #42 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,480 | 2,210 | #40 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,476 | 1,158 | #39 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,410 | 922 | #38 |
| 1909 | — | — | 763 | #39 |
| 1908 | — | — | 739 | #38 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,069 | 738 | #36 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,957 | 632 | #40 |
| 1905 | — | — | 591 | #43 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,492 | 600 | #41 |
| 1903 | — | — | 557 | #39 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,442 | 590 | #39 |
| 1901 | — | — | 506 | #39 |
| 1900 | — | — | 640 | #42 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,283 | 496 | #41 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,508 | 645 | #36 |
| 1897 | — | — | 513 | #40 |
| 1896 | — | — | 527 | #42 |
| 1895 | — | — | 551 | #38 |
| 1894 | — | — | 521 | #40 |
| 1893 | — | — | 530 | #38 |
| 1892 | — | — | 542 | #40 |
| 1891 | — | — | 499 | #39 |
| 1890 | — | — | 549 | #35 |
| 1889 | — | — | 472 | #41 |
| 1888 | — | — | 536 | #37 |
| 1887 | — | — | 468 | #35 |
| 1886 | — | — | 480 | #36 |
| 1885 | — | — | 446 | #39 |
| 1884 | — | — | 520 | #37 |
| 1883 | — | — | 457 | #35 |
| 1882 | — | — | 523 | #32 |
| 1881 | — | — | 466 | #33 |
| 1880 | — | — | 469 | #35 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).