Alfred vs Lincoln

Head to head

Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.

• England and Wales · Boys

  In 2025, Alfred was ranked #76 and Lincoln #302 among boys in England and Wales.

• Northern Ireland · Boys

  In 2023, Alfred was ranked #272 and Lincoln #395 among boys in Northern Ireland.

• Scotland · Boys

  In 2024, Alfred was ranked #278 and Lincoln #478 among boys in Scotland.

• Republic of Ireland · Boys

  In 2025, Alfred was ranked #286 and Lincoln #432 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Alfred and Lincoln over time

Alfred and Lincoln appear together in 3 published lists, across 57 years of shared records. Alfred held the stronger position in more years in 2 of them, Lincoln in 1.

The order between them changed and held in one of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.

Lincoln reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, Alfred in 1. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.

Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.

List by list

• England and Wales · Boys30 shared years, 1996–2025

  Alfred held the stronger position in 29 of those years, Lincoln in 1.

  Highest recorded here: Alfred #76 in 2023, Lincoln #106 in 2017.

  The order between them never changed and held in this list.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Alfred #76, Lincoln #302.

• Republic of Ireland · Boys16 shared years, 2006–2025

  Alfred held the stronger position in 8 of those years, Lincoln in 5.

  Highest recorded here: Alfred #271 in 2020, Lincoln #305 in 2017.

  The order changed in 2025: Alfred moved ahead. In 2024 they stood at #430 and #394; by 2025 that had become #286 and #432.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Alfred #286, Lincoln #432.

• Northern Ireland · Boys11 shared years, 2009–2023

  Alfred held the stronger position in 2 of those years, Lincoln in 9.

  Highest recorded here: Alfred #262 in 2009, Lincoln #202 in 2017.

  The order between them never changed and held in this list.

  Most recent shared year, 2023: Alfred #272, Lincoln #395.

Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.

Where to go next

Comparisons that share a name, a rule or a published list with this one. Each is an existing comparison page with its own evidence — nothing here says these pairs are alike.

Side by side

How each name got here