Alfie-James
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AL-fee-JAYMZ
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,686 for boys
Alfie-James is a boys' name of Modern origin, meaning “elf counsel + supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies).
What does Alfie-James mean?
Modern: combination of Alfie and James
“elf counsel + supplanter”
Joins Alfie, a pet form of Alfred, with James, the English form of Jacob.
Is Alfie-James a girl's or a boy's name?
Alfie-James is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alfie-James in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,686th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Alfie-James, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 896th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 47 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Alfie-James than any year since 2007.
Half of all the boys named Alfie-James in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.
Alfie-James in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,686 |
| 2024 | 23 | #1,263 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,507 |
| 2022 | 21 | #1,364 |
| 2021 | 33 | #993 |
| 2020 | 36 | #896 |
| 2019 | 28 | #1,082 |
| 2018 | 34 | #966 |
| 2017 | 42 | #844 |
| 2016 | 46 | #788 |
| 2015 | 47 | #764 |
| 2014 | 33 | #969 |
| 2013 | 47 | #758 |
| 2012 | 46 | #779 |
| 2011 | 47 | #745 |
| 2010 | 32 | #969 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,451 |
| 2008 | 17 | #1,436 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
Nicknames for Alfie-James
- Alfie 2,188 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Alfie-James
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Austin, Arthur, Tobias, Elias, Archie, Elijah, Zachary, Arlo, Albie, Albert, Lucas, Noah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). 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-James: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alfie-james, updated 20 October 2026.