Alfie
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AL-fee
- Origin
- Old English
- UK rank, 2025
- #16 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,056 for boys
- Style
- Classic
Alfie is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “elf counsel”. In 2025 it ranked 16th for boys in the UK (2,188 babies) and 2,056th for boys in the US (72 babies).
What does Alfie mean?
Old English: pet form of Alfred
“elf counsel”
A pet form of Alfred, from Old English aelf, 'elf', and raed, 'counsel'.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Alfie a girl's or a boy's name?
Alfie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 2,188 boys in the UK and 72 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alfie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 16th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 2,188 about 1 in 140 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 9.7% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 2,188 boys in the UK were named Alfie, making it the 16th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 17th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 5,934 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 9 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Alfie than any year since 2002.
Half of all the boys named Alfie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 16th in England and Wales, 16th in Scotland and 23rd in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2004 (#25), 2014 (#12) and 2024 (#16).
Alfie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,188 | #16 |
| 2024 | 2,298 | #16 |
| 2023 | 2,378 | #17 |
| 2022 | 2,634 | #17 |
| 2021 | 2,638 | #16 |
| 2020 | 2,736 | #17 |
| 2019 | 3,163 | #13 |
| 2018 | 3,342 | #13 |
| 2017 | 3,668 | #11 |
| 2016 | 3,951 | #14 |
| 2015 | 3,921 | #12 |
| 2014 | 4,224 | #12 |
| 2013 | 4,529 | #10 |
| 2012 | 5,260 | #8 |
| 2011 | 5,934 | #5 |
| 2010 | 5,826 | #5 |
| 2009 | 5,798 | #7 |
| 2008 | 5,804 | #8 |
| 2007 | 5,168 | #10 |
| 2006 | 3,795 | #19 |
| 2005 | 3,070 | #26 |
| 2004 | 2,842 | #32 |
| 2003 | 3,491 | #23 |
| 2002 | 1,317 | #53 |
| 2001 | 1,204 | #59 |
| 2000 | 1,154 | #62 |
| 1999 | 901 | #72 |
| 1998 | 812 | #84 |
| 1997 | 565 | #101 |
| 1996 | 376 | #127 |
How popular is Alfie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,056th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 72 about 1 in 24,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 80% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 72 boys in the US were named Alfie, making it the 2,056th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,616th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 75 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the boys named Alfie in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2020, 9% of the babies named Alfie in the US were girls.
Alfie in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72 | #2,056 |
| 2024 | 75 | #2,028 |
| 2023 | 71 | #2,077 |
| 2022 | 58 | #2,407 |
| 2021 | 44 | #2,818 |
| 2020 | 48 | #2,616 |
| 2019 | 42 | #2,896 |
| 2018 | 31 | #3,520 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2016 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 15 | #2,790 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 15 | #2,635 |
| 1974 | 22 | #1,983 |
| 1973 | 21 | #1,981 |
| 1972 | 32 | #1,508 |
| 1971 | 27 | #1,704 |
| 1970 | 34 | #1,434 |
| 1969 | 34 | #1,376 |
| 1968 | 57 | #968 |
| 1967 | 62 | #915 |
| 1966 | 16 | #1,962 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
Nicknames for Alfie
- Alf 9 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Alfie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Albie, Arlo, Theo, Jude, Archie, Charlie, Finley, Vinnie, Lucas, Luca, Isaac, Noah
Other spellings of Alfie
Names related to Alfie
More Old English names
Edward, Teddy, Waylon, Alfred, Audrey, Edith, Wilfred, Ozzy, Edie, Eddie, Edwin, Ted, Teddie, Eduardo, Edgar, Alden
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alfie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alfie, updated 20 October 2026.