Boys' name · since 1887
Alfredo
Alfredo has 57,075 recorded births since 1887 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #464 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #821 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 57,075
- born since 1887
- 1990s
- peak decade
Alfredo currently ranks #821 among boys' names in America, with 57,075 babies recorded since 1887.
Alfredo has 57,075 recorded births among boys since 1887, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #821 as of the latest data, more common than 94% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1887 to 2025.
- #464 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #821 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 57,075 born since 1887
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alfredo ranks #464 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #821 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 57,075 born since 1887, peaking in the 1990s.
- #464 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #821 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 57,075
- born since 1887
- 1990s
- peak decade
Alfredo's 57,075 recorded births place it above 98.97% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
39 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Alfredo compares
57,075 Top 4% higher than 96% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Alfredo's all-time total is 155x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alfredo | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 57,075 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 1,080 | 34 | 22,252 |
Alfredo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Alfredo splits its recorded history at 1957: 82% of all births land in the more recent half, 18% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1890 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1993 peak of 1,080 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Alfredo popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1887–2025
- Peak year (1993)
- 1,080
- Annual births at peak, across 139 years of records
Alfredo popularity over time - girls
285 total births recorded since 1926 (Alfredo as girls' name)
Alfredo by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (10,110 births, 18% of the file).
1990s was Alfredo's strongest decade.
10,110 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Alfredo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 14
1880s
14 births
- 1890s 73
1890s
73 births
- 1900s 167
1900s
167 births
- 1910s 837
1910s
837 births
- 1920s 2,038
1920s
2,038 births
- 1930s 1,942
1930s
1,942 births
- 1940s 2,477
1940s
2,477 births
- 1950s 4,042
1950s
4,042 births
- 1960s
1960s
4,964 births
- 1970s
1970s
6,578 births
- 1980s
1980s
7,839 births
- 1990s
1990s
10,110 births
- 2000s
2000s
8,953 births
- 2010s
2010s
4,993 births
- 2020s 2,048
2020s
2,048 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 10,110 births (18% of all-time use).
How Alfredo compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Alfredo's total volume
Alfredo by state
Where Alfredo concentrates geographically, total births since 1887
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 18,782 | 32.9% |
| #2 | California | | 17,531 | 30.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 3,076 | 5.4% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 2,527 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 2,089 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Florida | | 1,803 | 3.2% |
| #7 | New Mexico | | 1,293 | 2.3% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 895 | 1.6% |
18,782 of 57,075 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 39 reporting states.
Alfredo appears in 39 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Alfredo's data
- Alfredo's decade-level peak was the 1990s (10,110 total births); usage has since declined to 2,048 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Alfredos (18,782 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alfredo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~138 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, 1887–2025 (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 Alfredo 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.