How rare is the name Alfred?

92,300 people in the United States have the first name Alfred, about 1 in 3,272. It ranks #580 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ALFRED

#580

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
92,300
About
1 in 3,272
This common or more
61.2%
Who bears it

Of the 92,300 people named Alfred, 56.5% reported their origin as White, 22.3% as Black and 14.4% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Alfred peaked in 1928, when 6,291 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1928
Births that year
6,291
In 2025*
293 ▼95%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 245,153 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Alfred by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #89. The largest share of babies named Alfred, 31.7%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#1074,837
1890s#1355,386
1900s#1416,380
1910s#10132,783
1920s#8950,456
1930s#13334,606
1940s#19432,135
1950s#25329,890
1960s#34618,792
1970s#46010,646
1980s#6227,509
1990s#9834,737
2000s#1,5562,924
2010s#1,9152,442
2020s#1,8161,630
Before 19014.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–2731.7%
Silent Generation 1928–4526.5%
Baby boom 1946–6422%
Generation X 1965–807.9%
Millennials 1981–964.2%
Generation Z 1997–121.9%
2013 and later1.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Alfred is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Alfred has been most common in Rhode Island (3.4×), Hawaii (2.4×), and Massachusetts (2.2×), and least common in Nevada (0.1×).

224,208 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Alfred

#578 Geraldine · 92,416#579 Harper · 92,376#581 Christy · 91,660#582 Andy · 91,633

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Alfred, most common first.

#591 Alfredo · 89,731#3,501 Alfreda · 5,916

Also a last name

As a last name, Alfred ranks #5,149 of 156,621, with 6,564 people. See Alfred as a last name

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