Alford

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Alford first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 125 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1930 with 106 babies (rank #582 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Alford

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Alford yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

11Destiny numberThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
7Soul urgeThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
22PersonalityThe master builderTurns visions into structures — a heightened 4.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

4,795

Total babies (all years)

125

Years in the data

106

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	14	#482
1881	17	#417
1882	16	#453
1883	13	#497
1884	17	#453
1885	11	#577
1886	17	#432
1887	9	#631
1888	15	#505
1889	10	#631
1890	16	#458
1891	10	#601
1892	20	#422
1893	10	#650
1894	10	#669
1895	7	#874
1896	7	#901
1897	16	#495
1898	12	#637
1899	19	#424
1900	22	#490
1901	9	#730
1902	17	#521
1903	21	#451
1904	10	#762
1905	17	#574
1906	16	#590
1907	16	#635
1908	29	#452
1909	14	#756
1910	18	#709
1911	30	#549
1912	40	#669
1913	41	#720
1914	45	#788
1915	72	#681
1916	68	#736
1917	72	#723
1918	62	#831
1919	90	#645
1920	83	#713
1921	87	#692
1922	86	#702
1923	93	#665
1924	85	#716
1925	101	#628
1926	86	#683
1927	89	#684
1928	94	#642
1929	93	#633
1930	106	#582
1931	71	#729
1932	76	#708
1933	66	#753
1934	84	#657
1935	83	#652
1936	89	#617
1937	76	#687
1938	68	#742
1939	59	#794
1940	69	#738
1941	72	#730
1942	87	#687
1943	74	#751
1944	68	#754
1945	55	#845
1946	69	#800
1947	55	#956
1948	69	#821
1949	79	#774
1950	64	#851
1951	60	#912
1952	67	#851
1953	73	#839
1954	78	#819
1955	68	#899
1956	55	#1,008
1957	42	#1,199
1958	39	#1,237
1959	54	#1,049
1960	49	#1,116
1961	45	#1,179
1962	34	#1,342
1963	34	#1,337
1964	43	#1,173
1965	26	#1,514
1966	34	#1,300
1967	32	#1,340
1968	26	#1,545
1969	21	#1,810
1970	34	#1,439
1971	20	#2,054
1972	26	#1,723
1973	32	#1,514
1974	19	#2,200
1975	29	#1,705
1976	11	#3,268
1977	21	#2,204
1978	18	#2,474
1979	15	#2,899
1980	24	#2,162
1981	26	#2,038
1982	15	#2,975
1983	16	#2,791
1984	21	#2,365
1985	13	#3,403
1986	12	#3,656
1987	11	#3,968
1988	14	#3,530
1989	9	#5,176
1990	8	#5,841
1991	16	#3,640
1992	10	#5,250
1993	8	#6,243
1994	11	#5,119
1995	6	#7,822
1996	5	#9,055
1997	8	#6,635
1999	9	#6,545
2000	5	#10,414
2001	5	#10,621
2002	7	#8,482
2005	5	#11,529
2017	5	#12,335
2019	5	#12,219