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How popular is the name Alf?
Births per year, rank history and how many Alfs are alive today.
Alf (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2440th in 2025 and given to 9 babies. It was almost as popular in 2007, with 8 babies given the name that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
The Alf you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old - or else around 18: the name has two living generations. Half of all Alfs born in England and Wales are between 6 and 27, and there are at least 140 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Alf - on average, only one in every 2,165 such rooms contains a Alf.
How many babies are named Alf each year?
Where does Alf rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Alf most popular?
Alf peaked in 2025, when 9 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Alf?
At least 140 people named Alf born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Alf?
Most living Alfs are between 6 and 27; the most common age is about 2. There is a second cluster around 18.
Is Alf becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.