# Alfie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alfie/  
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 | 1,177 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,049 / 128 (11% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 88,511, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Diminutives + -ie.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 7 | 4,031 |
| 1922 | 5 | 5,031 |
| 1924 | 5 | 5,088 |
| 1928 | 6 | 4,204 |
| 1931 | 5 | 4,346 |
| 1967 | 10 | 4,304 |
| 1968 | 8 | 5,154 |
| 1969 | 6 | 6,630 |
| 1970 | 9 | 5,419 |
| 1972 | 10 | 5,114 |
| 1973 | 10 | 5,196 |
| 1974 | 9 | 5,781 |
| 1975 | 8 | 6,501 |
| 1976 | 6 | 8,182 |
| 2020 | 5 | 15,218 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 7,522 |
| 2012 | 13 | 6,320 |
| 2013 | 11 | 7,045 |
| 2014 | 8 | 8,814 |
| 2015 | 19 | 4,898 |
| 2016 | 26 | 3,995 |
| 2017 | 27 | 3,892 |
| 2018 | 31 | 3,532 |
| 2019 | 42 | 2,901 |
| 2020 | 48 | 2,621 |
| 2021 | 44 | 2,822 |
| 2022 | 58 | 2,409 |
| 2023 | 71 | 2,079 |
| 2024 | 75 | 2,029 |
| 2025 | 72 | 2,056 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 5 | 2,701 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,725 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5,524 | 4 |
| 2012 | 4,843 | 7 |
| 2013 | 4,138 | 11 |
| 2014 | 3,868 | 12 |
| 2015 | 3,540 | 14 |
| 2016 | 3,555 | 14 |
| 2017 | 3,287 | 12 |
| 2018 | 2,977 | 15 |
| 2019 | 2,785 | 15 |
| 2020 | 2,414 | 18 |
| 2021 | 2,338 | 16 |
| 2022 | 2,304 | 17 |
| 2023 | 2,111 | 16 |
| 2024 | 2,020 | 16 |
| 2025 | 1,955 | 16 |

## People named Alfie

- Alfie Allen, British actor
- Alfie Jones, English association football player (born 1997)
- Alfie Williams, British actor (born 2011)
- Alfie Boe, English actor and singer
- Alfie Deyes, English vlogger
- Alfie Hewett, British wheelchair tennis player
- Alfie McCalmont, association football player (born 2000)
- Alfie Doughty, English footballer
- Alfie Kohn, American author and lecturer
- Alfie Bass, English actor (1916/1921–1987)
- Alfie Biggs, English footballer (1936-2012)
- Alfred Burden, English snooker player

## 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.