Alphie
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AL-fee
- Origin
- Old English
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Alphie is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “elf counsel”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Alphie mean?
Old English: spelling of Alfie; pet form of Alfred
“elf counsel”
A pet form of Alfred, from Old English aelf, 'elf', and raed, 'counsel'.
Meaning borrowed from Alfie. More on Wiktionary.
Is Alphie a girl's or a boy's name?
Alphie 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 Alphie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Alphie, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2012, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Alphie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,202 boys in the UK were given Alphie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #19, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Alphie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
Nicknames for Alphie
- Alf 9 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Alphie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Archie, Albie, Freddie, Ollie, Frankie, Vinnie, Austin, Reggie, Eddie, Charlie, Arthur, Alfred
Other spellings of Alphie
Names related to Alphie
More Old English names
Edward, Teddy, Waylon, Audrey, Edith, Wilfred, Ozzy, Edie, 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, “Alphie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alphie, updated 20 October 2026.