Alf
Recorded 1880–1979 · United States
Alf was most popular in 1916, when 38 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,115 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,130 people named Alf.
Alf over time
How old is the name Alf?
The Social Security Administration’s records begin in 1880, and Alf is already there in that first year — so the name is older than the record and these figures cannot date it. It has been recorded in 88 of the 146 years since. It was last recorded in 1979.
How many people are named Alf?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,130 American births named Alf between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 175 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Alf in 2025?
Alf was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Alf a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Alf is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 1,130 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Alf?
Roughly 175 Americans named Alf are alive today — 15% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 73 years old, and half are between 62 and 80.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org