Alfred

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: German

Meaning

Alfred is a masculine given name of English origin, a modern descendant of the Anglo-Saxon name ร†lfrวฃd, formed from the Germanic words รฆlf, meaning "elf", and rวฃd, meaning "counsel".

From Wikipedia

Alfred first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 58 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1959 with 217 babies (rank #89 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Alfred

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

3,510
Total babies (all years)
58
Years in the data
217
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1955184#91
1956168#98
1957209#88
1958211#91
1959217#89
1960206#93
1961211#95
1962196#100
1963171#116
1964158#126
1965164#126
1966148#137
1967116#165
1968124#153
1969126#159
1970104#184
1971100#178
1972100#175
197352#256
197447#274
197542#285
197647#270
197744#276
197839#296
197931#347
198025#405
198133#360
198233#346
198312#574
198414#554
198526#413
198615#557
198710#660
198814#605
19899#710
199012#665
19919#731
199210#702
19939#740
19949#751
19959#757
19963#1,086
19973#1,109
19989#778
19994#1,043
20006#915
20012#1,269
20022#1,254
20033#1,153
20043#1,162
20051#1,395
20061#1,404
20071#1,388
20081#1,378
20091#1,376
20122#1,081
20132#1,123
20142#1,013