Boys' name · since 1935
Alfornia
Alfornia has 20 recorded births since 1935 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1935 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,923 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 20
- born since 1935
- 1950s
- peak decade
20 boys have been named Alfornia since 1935, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Alfornia has 20 recorded births among boys since 1935, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1935 to 1956.
- #28,923 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 20 born since 1935
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alfornia ranks #28,923 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 20 born since 1935, peaking in the 1950s.
- #28,923 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 20
- born since 1935
- 1950s
- peak decade
Alfornia's 20 recorded births place it above 35.65% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Alfornia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Alfornia's SSA record in two at 1950 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1935, with only 5 births recorded.
Alfornia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1935–1956
- Peak year (1935)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Alfornia by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (10 births, 50% of the file).
1950s was Alfornia's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Alfornia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 10 births (50% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alfornia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1935)
Similar record span (~21 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1935–1956 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Alfornia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.