Alfie
Alfie is a given name, surname, and nickname for the given names Alfonso and Alfred. Alfie may refer to:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Alfie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Alfie is a given name, surname, and nickname for the given names Alfonso and Alfred. Alfie may refer to:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Alfie
As a girl name
Alfie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1915, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1967: 10 births, good for #4,300 nationwide. About 41% of every Alfie on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Alfie last appeared in the published SSA data in 2020, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 128 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Alfie as a boy name dates back to 1917, when 5 babies received it. 2026 was its biggest year on record, with 81 newborns named Alfie — #1,948 in the national rankings. About 40% of every Alfie on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Alfie ranks #1,948 for boys with 81 births, rising sharply (+88% over the past five years). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Alfie
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Alfie. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Alfie
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About the name Alfie
Alfie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1917 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Alfie's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #915. Use the chart and map above to compare Alfie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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