Alfie — #2042 US boys' name
976 babies named Alfie in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 86% of names given to boys today.
30% of everyone ever named Alfie was born in this single decade.
74 babies were named Alfie in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alfie
The Social Security Administration has registered 976 babies named Alfie between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alfie currently holds the #2042 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 74 babies received it in a single year. Alfie is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 128 additional births since 1915.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alfie performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 295 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Alfie shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 106 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Alfie in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alfie in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 976 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Alfie at a glance
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Alfie popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1917
- Peak year (2024)
- 74
- Annual births at peak — across 108 years of records
Currently ranks #2042 among boys.
976 total births across 108 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 74 births in a single year.
Alfie popularity over time — girls
128 total births recorded since 1915 (Alfie as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Alfie accounts for 12% of total recorded use across both genders.
Alfie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 295 births that decade — 30% of Alfie's all-time total
Alfie decade highlights
- Peak decade 295 births
- Runner-up 193 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Alfie's strongest decade
295 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Alfie by state
Where Alfie concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 106 | 10.9% |
| #2 | New York | | 91 | 9.3% |
| #3 | Texas | | 21 | 2.2% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 11 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.5% |
106 of 976 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.9% of nationwide
- New York 9.3% of nationwide
- Texas 2.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.1% of nationwide
- Ohio 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.