# Alf (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alf/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,130 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,130 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 99, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 8 | 2,974 |
| 1957 | 5 | 4,000 |
| 1959 | 9 | 2,825 |
| 1960 | 8 | 3,082 |
| 1961 | 5 | 4,074 |
| 1962 | 5 | 4,051 |
| 1964 | 9 | 2,858 |
| 1967 | 5 | 3,981 |
| 1968 | 5 | 4,149 |
| 1969 | 5 | 4,419 |
| 1971 | 5 | 4,928 |
| 1972 | 6 | 4,455 |
| 1974 | 8 | 3,844 |
| 1975 | 8 | 3,955 |
| 1979 | 5 | 6,081 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 8 | 2,211 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## People named Alf

- Alf Ramsey, English association football player and manager (1920-1999)
- Alf Landon, American politician (1887–1987)
- Alf Clausen, American film and television composer (1941—2025)
- Alf Ross, Danish jurist (1899-1979)
- Alf Baker, English footballer (1898-1955)
- Alf Arrowsmith, English footballer (1942-2005)
- Alf Spouncer, English footballer (1877-1962)
- Alf Lüdtke, German historian (1943–2019)
- Alf Agar, English footballer (1904-1989)
- Ernest Alfred Roberts, Australian politician and soldier (1868–1913)
- Alf West, English footballer (1881-1944)
- Alf Bentley, English footballer (1887-1940)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.