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Baby name
Alfred
Boy
Origin of the name
Alfred comes from the Old English Ælfræd, made of words meaning “elf” and “counsel.” Alfred the Great, Anglo-Saxon king of the 9th century, made it famous.
Classic name
243,861births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 33rank at its peak, in 1928
Where babies named Alfred are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Alfred is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Alfred is most common in Rhode Island (3.4 times), Hawaii (2.4) and Massachusetts (2.2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
- Alfredo 57,075
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