Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Alfred

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

Endangered Down 95.3% from peak

Peak era

1928

Peak rank proxy

6,252

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Silent Generation

1880Peak 19282024

Peak year

1928

Decline from peak

95.3%

2024

293

All-time

243,558

Alfred once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1928, when 6,252 boys were named Alfred.

In 2024, only 293 boys were given the name.

Down 95.3% from its peak.

All told, about 243,558 Americans have been named Alfred and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.3% from peak

19286,252 boys named Alfred

2024293 boys named Alfred

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