Alfie-Ray
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AL-fee-RAY
- Origin
- Old English
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Alfie-Ray is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “elf counsel + counsel protector”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Alfie-Ray mean?
Old English: Alfie + Ray
“elf counsel + counsel protector”
Joins Alfie (Old English, “elf counsel”) and Ray (Germanic, “counsel protector”).
Meanings borrowed from Alfie and Ray.
Is Alfie-Ray a girl's or a boy's name?
Alfie-Ray is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alfie-Ray in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Alfie-Ray, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Alfie-Ray in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Alfie-Ray in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 12 | #1,981 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
Names like Alfie-Ray
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teddy, Alfie, Zachary, Alfred, Austin, Archie, Henry, Arlo, Arthur, Stanley, Elijah, Albert
More Old English names
Edward, Waylon, Audrey, Edith, Wilfred, Ozzy, Edie, Eddie, Edwin, Ted, Teddie, Eduardo, Edgar, Alden, Edmund, Kelsey
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-Ray: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alfie-ray, updated 20 October 2026.