Alford
Alford was last recorded in 2019, when 5 babies were given it; 4,795 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2019 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,520 Americans named Alford and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (32% of everyone recorded); the median is 67 years old and half are between 53 and 77.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Alford by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Alford?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #12,216, in 2019; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
106 babies in 1930, the peak
Alford peaked in 1930, when 106 boys were given it, #582 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | #12,216 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,334 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,522 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,477 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,613 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,406 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,540 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,629 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,049 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,817 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (125)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 11 | #5,113 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,238 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,242 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,634 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,834 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,169 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,525 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,964 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,652 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,401 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 21 | #2,364 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,788 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 15 | #2,974 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 26 | #2,037 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 24 | #2,162 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 15 | #2,899 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,473 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 21 | #2,204 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,267 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 29 | #1,704 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 19 | #2,198 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 32 | #1,514 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 26 | #1,723 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 20 | #2,051 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 34 | #1,437 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 21 | #1,809 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 26 | #1,544 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 32 | #1,339 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 34 | #1,300 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 26 | #1,513 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 43 | #1,171 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 34 | #1,337 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 34 | #1,341 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 45 | #1,178 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 49 | #1,115 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 54 | #1,049 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 39 | #1,236 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 42 | #1,198 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 55 | #1,007 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 68 | #897 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 78 | #818 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 73 | #838 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 67 | #850 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 60 | #911 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 64 | #850 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 79 | #773 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 69 | #820 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 55 | #955 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 69 | #800 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 55 | #845 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 68 | #754 | 0.05 |
| 1943 | 74 | #751 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 87 | #687 | 0.06 |
| 1941 | 72 | #730 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 69 | #738 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 59 | #794 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 68 | #742 | 0.06 |
| 1937 | 76 | #687 | 0.07 |
| 1936 | 89 | #617 | 0.09 |
| 1935 | 83 | #652 | 0.08 |
| 1934 | 84 | #657 | 0.08 |
| 1933 | 66 | #753 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 76 | #708 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 71 | #729 | 0.07 |
| 1930 | 106 | #582 | 0.10 |
| 1929 | 93 | #633 | 0.09 |
| 1928 | 94 | #642 | 0.08 |
| 1927 | 89 | #684 | 0.08 |
| 1926 | 86 | #683 | 0.08 |
| 1925 | 101 | #628 | 0.09 |
| 1924 | 85 | #716 | 0.08 |
| 1923 | 93 | #665 | 0.08 |
| 1922 | 86 | #702 | 0.08 |
| 1921 | 87 | #692 | 0.08 |
| 1920 | 83 | #713 | 0.08 |
| 1919 | 90 | #645 | 0.09 |
| 1918 | 62 | #831 | 0.06 |
| 1917 | 72 | #723 | 0.08 |
| 1916 | 68 | #736 | 0.08 |
| 1915 | 72 | #681 | 0.08 |
| 1914 | 45 | #788 | 0.07 |
| 1913 | 41 | #720 | 0.08 |
| 1912 | 40 | #669 | 0.09 |
| 1911 | 30 | #549 | 0.13 |
| 1910 | 18 | #709 | 0.09 |
| 1909 | 14 | #756 | 0.09 |
| 1908 | 29 | #452 | 0.19 |
| 1907 | 16 | #635 | 0.11 |
| 1906 | 16 | #590 | 0.12 |
| 1905 | 17 | #574 | 0.13 |
| 1904 | 10 | #762 | 0.08 |
| 1903 | 21 | #451 | 0.18 |
| 1902 | 17 | #521 | 0.14 |
| 1901 | 9 | #730 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 22 | #490 | 0.15 |
| 1899 | 19 | #424 | 0.18 |
| 1898 | 12 | #636 | 0.10 |
| 1897 | 16 | #495 | 0.14 |
| 1896 | 7 | #900 | 0.06 |
| 1895 | 7 | #873 | 0.06 |
| 1894 | 10 | #668 | 0.09 |
| 1893 | 10 | #650 | 0.09 |
| 1892 | 20 | #422 | 0.16 |
| 1891 | 10 | #601 | 0.10 |
| 1890 | 16 | #458 | 0.14 |
| 1889 | 10 | #631 | 0.09 |
| 1888 | 15 | #505 | 0.12 |
| 1887 | 9 | #631 | 0.09 |
| 1886 | 17 | #432 | 0.15 |
| 1885 | 11 | #577 | 0.10 |
| 1884 | 17 | #453 | 0.15 |
| 1883 | 13 | #497 | 0.12 |
| 1882 | 16 | #453 | 0.14 |
| 1881 | 17 | #417 | 0.17 |
| 1880 | 14 | #482 | 0.13 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Alford a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Alford has been given almost only to boys: 5 girls in 125 years of records.
Girls and boys named Alford: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Alford, and how old are they?
1,520 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 32% of the 4,795 Americans ever recorded as Alford. The median Alford alive today is 67 years old; half are between 53 and 77.
The 2020 Census counted 1,680 people named Alford (9 women and girls, 1,671 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,872 born in the U.S. The Census count is 10% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 250 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 692 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 340 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 190 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 38 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 10 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Alford born?
The states with the most babies named Alford are Texas, Alabama and Georgia, with 53% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Alabama is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 612 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| Alabama | 203 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Georgia | 160 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Mississippi | 160 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Oklahoma | 141 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Arkansas | 119 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Tennessee | 106 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 93 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Kentucky | 70 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| South Carolina | 70 | not ranked | 0.8× |
Where Alford is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Alford is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 2.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Alford with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 250,996 babies since 1880, Alford is the second most given (1.9% of them). In 2025 none of their 293 babies recorded by SSA was a Alford (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Alford
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Alford and names like it
- Compare Alford and AlfredBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sAlford peaked in 1930.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Alford since 1910.
- The top names of 1930The year the most babies were named Alford.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Alford alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.