# Alfredo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alfredo/  
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 | Italian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ælˈfɹedoʊ/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 57,360 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 57,075 / 285 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 155, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Alfredo alla Scrofa, an Italian restaurant in Rome where the pasta dish fettuccine Alfredo was originally served, named after its founder Alfredo Di Lelio. Doublet of Alfred.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 5 | 10,460 |
| 1985 | 7 | 8,347 |
| 1986 | 7 | 8,548 |
| 1987 | 10 | 6,801 |
| 1988 | 5 | 11,841 |
| 1989 | 12 | 6,546 |
| 1990 | 9 | 8,515 |
| 1991 | 9 | 8,614 |
| 1992 | 5 | 13,368 |
| 1993 | 9 | 8,742 |
| 1994 | 6 | 11,831 |
| 1995 | 5 | 13,474 |
| 1996 | 5 | 13,604 |
| 1998 | 7 | 11,180 |
| 1999 | 5 | 14,498 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 542 | 486 |
| 2012 | 541 | 493 |
| 2013 | 540 | 503 |
| 2014 | 526 | 529 |
| 2015 | 470 | 589 |
| 2016 | 483 | 574 |
| 2017 | 462 | 591 |
| 2018 | 440 | 611 |
| 2019 | 416 | 646 |
| 2020 | 324 | 748 |
| 2021 | 371 | 708 |
| 2022 | 376 | 701 |
| 2023 | 354 | 743 |
| 2024 | 322 | 780 |
| 2025 | 301 | 820 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | 3,095 |
| 2008 | 13 | 1,596 |
| 2009 | 7 | 2,544 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,160 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: ألفريدو
- Japanese: アルフレド
- Korean: 알프레도
- Portuguese: molho Alfredo

## People named Alfredo

- Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine-Spanish association football player (1926–2014)
- Alfredo Palacio, Ecuadorian physician
- Alfredo Ottaviani, Catholic cardinal (1890-1979)
- Alfredo Rojas, Argentine footballer (1937–2023)
- Alfredo Morales, American soccer player
- Alfredo Morelos, Colombian footballer
- Alfredo dos Santos, Brazilian association football player (1920–1997)
- Alfredo Copello, Argentine boxer
- Alfredo Pián, Argentine racing driver (1912–1990)
- Alfredo Lim, Filipino politician (1929-2020)
- Alfredo Devincenzi, Argentine footballer
- Alfredo Porzio, boxer (1900–1976)

## 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.