How Many People Are Named Alford?
people named Alford are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 217,836 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,795 babies named Alford in Social Security records from 1880 to 2019, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
106 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Alford in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Alford alive today is about 64 years old, and 64% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 52 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Alford first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1930, to 106 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2019.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2019
🏆 Rank History
Alford has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #417, in 1881.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #417 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #669 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Alford alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Alford were born in Texas than in any other state: about 175 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alford was given 5.9 times as often in Texas, 4.7 times in Mississippi and 4.4 times in Alabama.
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