Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Alford

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Alford
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1930

Peak era

1930

Peak rank proxy

106

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Silent Generation

1880Peak 19302024

Peak year

1930

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

4,790

Alford is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1930, when 106 boys were named Alford.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 4,790 Americans have been named Alford and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1930

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