Alford — boys' name

What the Data Says About Alford

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,790 babies named Alford between 1880 and 2019, spanning 140 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alford currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 106 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alford performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 897 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Alford shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 612 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Alford in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alford 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 4,790 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.