Alfie
Alfie was the 2056th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 72 babies. Its best year was 1967, when it ranked 916th; the most babies were born in 2024 (75). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,842 places. More babies were named Alfie in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,056 boys, up 565 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 72boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202475 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,177babies recorded
Alfie popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #2,056 | — | 72 |
| 2020 | #15,218 | #2,621 | 5 | 48 |
| 2010 | — | #10,823 | — | 6 |
| 2000 | — | — | — | — |
| 1990 | — | #7,204 | — | 6 |
| 1980 | — | — | — | — |
| 1970 | #5,419 | #1,437 | 9 | 34 |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | #3,969 | — | 7 | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Alfie, counting every spelling?
Alfie has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Alfie?
72 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Alfie (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Alfie born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 116 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Alfie.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Alfie?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Alfie are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 4 and 53. That makes Alfie a young name: most people with it are children. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Alfie by state
How common Alfie was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (1.9×), California (1.7×). In 47 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Alfie: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Alfie, they share its era and feel.
Alfie is also a nickname for Alfred.
Questions about the name Alfie
How popular is the name Alfie?
Alfie was the 2056th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 72 babies. Its best year was 1967, when it ranked 916th; the most babies were born in 2024 (75). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,842 places. More babies were named Alfie in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Alfie a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Alfie in the US.
Where is Alfie most popular?
In 2021–2025, Alfie was most common in New York (0.07 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and Texas.