Alfred

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Alfred: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Alfred: Recorded since 1945, its highest recorded position is #18, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
163times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#18highest recorded position
28groupings it qualifies for
17names it appears alongside

What stands out in Alfred's record

Shares a published list with another name across 75 years. Longest shared records

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#218
1997	#192
1998	#174
1999	#150
2000	#139
2001	#149
2002	#142
2003	#125
2004	#171
2005	#166
2006	#151
2007	#140
2008	#129
2009	#146
2010	#154
2011	#158
2012	#158
2013	#136
2014	#125
2015	#114
2016	#111
2017	#107
2018	#106
2019	#97
2020	#91
2021	#80
2022	#81
2023	#76
2024	#81

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 75 of the 81 years from 1945 to 2025.

In 2025: #26 among boys in Norway, #286 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #127 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #18 among boys in Norway, in 2023 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #26 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Alfred appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 75 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 3,474 births with the name.

Alfred across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Alfred's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#127 (1945)	#18 (2023)	#26 (2025)	75 of 81	3,474 (1945–2025)	231 (2023)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#134 (1964)	#134 (1964)	#286 (2025)	45 of 62	338 (1964–2025)	17 (2020)
England and Wales · Boys	#218 (1996)	#76 (2023)	#81 (2024)	29 of 29	12,500 (1996–2024)	739 (2021)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#378 (2008)	#262 (2009)	#272 (2023)	13 of 16	55 (2008–2023)	6 (2009)

Alfred by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Alfred in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	163	5 of 10	33
1950s	175	10 of 10	18
1960s	130	10 of 10	13
1970s	81	8 of 10	10
1980s	38	7 of 10	5
1990s	93	9 of 10	10
2000s	303	10 of 10	30
2010s	1,242	10 of 10	124
2020sbusiest	1,249	6 of 10	208

Across Norway · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 208 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Alfred appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #18 in Norway in 2023.

Alfred's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#81	657	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#76	678	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#81	706	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#80	739	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#91	635	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#97	645	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#106	616	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#107	592	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#111	589	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#114	552	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#125	511	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#136	430	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#158	375	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#158	365	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#154	384	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#146	391	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#129	436	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#140	392	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#151	325	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#166	281	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#171	242	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#125	389	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#142	298	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#149	262	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#139	272	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#150	234	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#174	193	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#192	169	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#218	142	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#272	6	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#414	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#374	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#283	6	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#318	5	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#358	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#262	6	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#378	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#26	211	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#22	228	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#18	231	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#26	203	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#25	194	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#22	182	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#37	172	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#36	176	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#52	147	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#55	145	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#49	151	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#66	125	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#81	106	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#99	81	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#109	77	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#123	62	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#138	50	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#160	39	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#155	42	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#163	38	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#178	32	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#192	27	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#194	27	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#213	22	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#250	18	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#389	8	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#263	16	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#320	12	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#384	9	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#339	11	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#333	12	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#383	9	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#372	10	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#475	7	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#479	7	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#568	5	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#572	5	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#608	4	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#612	4	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#482	7	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#429	9	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#618	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#453	8	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#414	9	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#390	10	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#395	10	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#433	8	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#381	10	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#274	16	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#370	10	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#399	8	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#377	9	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#332	10	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#349	10	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#351	9	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#279	13	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#276	13	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#231	16	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#220	17	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#182	25	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#376	6	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#236	14	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#214	17	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#230	15	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#217	14	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#206	16	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#206	16	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#159	29	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#174	23	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#172	25	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#157	29	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#152	32	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#173	25	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#142	38	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#127	39	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	15	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#430	8	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	12	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	17	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#646	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	10	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#418	8	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#353	11	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#421	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	12	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#383	10	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#401	9	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#400	9	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#368	10	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#343	7	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	5	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#301	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#278	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#258	5	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#239	7	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#264	5	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	4	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#255	5	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#316	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	6	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#218	9	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	6	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#219	8	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#257	5	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#191	10	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#163	13	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#177	9	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	6	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#159	10	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#167	9	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#134	15	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#278	14	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 78 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #18, first reached in 2023.

It held a top-100 place in 14 years, 14 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 739 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1964, and 79 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Alfie-Ray · #1991, 17y
Alfonso · #1799, 25y
Alhaji · #2254, 16y
Alhassan · #3079, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alison · #18, 74y
Kathleen · #18, 74y
Roger · #18, 80y
Barry · #17, 74y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Grete · #18, 64y
Hugo · #18, 81y
Jorunn · #18, 72y
Marthe · #18, 71y

Comparisons involving Alfred

Existing comparison pages where Alfred and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Alfred in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Stig vs Alfred
In 1945 they stood at #119 and #127 in Norway · Boys, 8 places apart; by 2021 they were #493 and #25.
Stig · Alfred · 63 shared years, 1945–2021 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2021 Norway ranking
Robert vs Alfred
In 1945 they stood at #126 and #127 in Norway · Boys, 1 places apart; by 2025 they were #363 and #26.
Robert · Alfred · 75 shared years, 1945–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Morten vs Alfred
Over 75 shared years in Norway · Boys, Alfred rose about as far as Morten fell — from #107 and #127 in 1945 to #214 and #26 in 2025.
Morten · Alfred · 75 shared years, 1945–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Alfred measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Alfred at its highest position.

Peter vs Alfred
Over 75 shared years in Norway · Boys, Alfred rose about as far as Peter fell — from #106 and #127 in 1945 to #174 and #26 in 2025.
Peter · Alfred · 75 shared years, 1945–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Tommy vs Alfred
Over 74 shared years in Norway · Boys, Alfred rose about as far as Tommy fell — from #268 and #127 in 1945 to #503 and #22 in 2024.
Tommy · Alfred · 74 shared years, 1945–2024 · Mirrored each other
See the 2024 Norway ranking
Richard vs Alfred
Over 73 shared years in Norway · Boys, Alfred rose about as far as Richard fell — from #219 and #127 in 1945 to #481 and #18 in 2023.
Richard · Alfred · 73 shared years, 1945–2023 · Mirrored each other
See the 2023 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Alfred was ranked #18 in Norway · Boys in 2023. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Alfred and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Alfred without appearing here.

Alfred moved ahead of

Xavier Compare
In 2024 they stood at #430 and #430 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #286 and #676.
Kenneth Compare
In 2023 they stood at #657 and #572 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #430 and #785.
Jakob Compare
In 2011 they stood at #540 and #540 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #401 and #718.
Emil Compare
In 2022 they stood at #657 and #509 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #472 and #770.

Moved ahead of Alfred

Elias Compare
In 1984 they stood at #482 and #536 in Norway · Boys; by 1985 that had become #612 and #367.
Levi Compare
In 2008 they stood at #368 and #386 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #472 and #271.
Oliver Compare
In 1983 they stood at #429 and #445 in Norway · Boys; by 1984 that had become #482 and #310.
Cooper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #540 and #623 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #401 and #233.

Moved the opposite way to Alfred

Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Alfred went from #127 to #26 while Arild went from #32 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Alfred went from #127 to #26 while Arne went from #6 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Alfred went from #127 to #26 while Bjørn went from #3 to #56.
Dag Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Alfred went from #127 to #26 while Dag went from #48 to #426.

Moved the same way as Alfred

Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Alfred went from #127 to #26 and Daniel from #280 to #66.
David Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Alfred went from #127 to #26 and David from #167 to #88.
Emil Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Alfred went from #127 to #26 and Emil from #271 to #2.
Even Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Alfred went from #127 to #26 and Even from #180 to #42.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #18 in Norway in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Alfred

Alfred at a glance

What stands out in Alfred's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Alfred across 4 official records

Alfred by decade in Norway · Boys

Alfred appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Alfred

Longest shared records

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Alfred

Alfred and the names beside it

Alfred moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Alfred

Moved the opposite way to Alfred

Moved the same way as Alfred

Alfred at a glance

What stands out in Alfred's record

Alfred across 4 official records

Alfred by decade in Norway · Boys

Alfred appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Alfred

Longest shared records

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Alfred

Alfred and the names beside it

Alfred moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Alfred

Moved the opposite way to Alfred

Moved the same way as Alfred