Alfred
Boy nameAlfred has been given to 245,153 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1928 and currently ranks #840 for boys (2025).
Meaning & origin /ˈælfɹəd/
From Middle English Alfred, from Old English Ælfrǣd, from ælf (“elf”) +‎ rǣd (“counsel”). Doublet of Alfredo and Avery. Equivalent to elf + rede. The modern pronunciation with /f/ is a spelling pronunciation; the name in Old English was pronounced with [v], as shown in its Middle English descendant Alured (in which u stands for modern v).
Origin: Old English
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
245,153
Peak year
1928 (6,291 babies)
Rank in 2025
#840 for boys
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▲ +26%
Gender split
1% girls / 99% boys
Famous people named Alfred
Alfred Nobel
Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)
Alfred Hitchcock
British filmmaker (1899–1980)
Al Pacino
American actor (born 1940)
Alfred Tennyson
British Poet Laureate (1809–1892)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
Names with a similar vibe
Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Alfred.
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