Alford
Alford is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 417th, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1930106 births
- Best rank
- #417in 1881
- Since 1880
- 4,790people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,790 boys have been named Alford in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1930, with 106 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 106 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1936, and the 1920s alone account for 19%. It has spent 76 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Alford | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 139 | |
| 1890s | 127 | |
| 1900s | 171 | |
| 1910s | 538 | |
| 1920s | 897 | |
| 1930s | 778 | |
| 1940s | 697 | |
| 1950s | 600 | |
| 1960s | 344 | |
| 1970s | 225 | |
| 1980s | 161 | |
| 1990s | 81 | |
| 2000s | 22 | |
| 2010s | 10 |
In 1930, its biggest year
Alford was the 582nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1930 were Robert, James, John, William and Richard. See all of 1930.
Names that rose and fell with Alford
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Burleypeak 1921
- Lewispeak 1921
- Albertpeak 1921
- Horacepeak 1921
- Artherpeak 1922
- Georgepeak 1921
- Elbertpeak 1920
- Lymanpeak 1917
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.