Alford Popularity by Year
Follow Alford across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Alford birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Boys | 5 | #12,145 | Up 101 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 5 | #12,246 | Down 774 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 5 | #11,472 | Down 3,016 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 7 | #8,456 | Up 2,100 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 5 | #10,556 | Down 207 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 5 | #10,349 | Down 3,819 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 9 | #6,530 | Up 88 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 8 | #6,618 | Up 2,397 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 5 | #9,015 | Down 1,223 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 6 | #7,792 | Down 2,683 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 11 | #5,109 | Up 1,119 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 8 | #6,228 | Down 992 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 10 | #5,236 | Down 1,600 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 16 | #3,636 | Up 2,187 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 8 | #5,823 | Down 658 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 9 | #5,165 | Down 1,642 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 14 | #3,523 | Up 436 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 11 | #3,959 | Down 306 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 12 | #3,653 | Down 252 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 13 | #3,401 | Down 1,037 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 21 | #2,364 | Up 423 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 16 | #2,787 | Up 185 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 15 | #2,972 | Down 934 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 26 | #2,038 | Up 124 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 24 | #2,162 | Up 735 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 15 | #2,897 | Down 424 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 18 | #2,473 | Down 271 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 21 | #2,202 | Up 1,062 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 11 | #3,264 | Down 1,560 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 29 | #1,704 | Up 495 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 19 | #2,199 | Down 685 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 32 | #1,514 | Up 207 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 26 | #1,721 | Up 331 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 20 | #2,052 | Down 617 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 34 | #1,435 | Up 375 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 21 | #1,810 | Down 266 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 26 | #1,544 | Down 204 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 32 | #1,340 | Down 41 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 34 | #1,299 | Up 214 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 26 | #1,513 | Down 341 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 43 | #1,172 | Up 166 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 34 | #1,338 | Up 3 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 34 | #1,341 | Down 162 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 45 | #1,179 | Down 64 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 49 | #1,115 | Down 65 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 54 | #1,050 | Up 187 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 39 | #1,237 | Down 38 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 42 | #1,199 | Down 191 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 55 | #1,008 | Down 110 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 68 | #898 | Down 79 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 78 | #819 | Up 20 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 73 | #839 | Up 11 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 67 | #850 | Up 62 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 60 | #912 | Down 62 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 64 | #850 | Down 76 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 79 | #774 | Up 47 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 69 | #821 | Up 135 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 55 | #956 | Down 157 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 69 | #799 | Up 46 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 55 | #845 | Down 91 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 68 | #754 | Down 3 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 74 | #751 | Down 64 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 87 | #687 | Up 42 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 72 | #729 | Up 9 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 69 | #738 | Up 56 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 59 | #794 | Down 52 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 68 | #742 | Down 55 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 76 | #687 | Down 70 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 89 | #617 | Up 35 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 83 | #652 | Up 5 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 84 | #657 | Up 95 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 66 | #752 | Down 44 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 76 | #708 | Up 21 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 71 | #729 | Down 147 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 106 | #582 | Up 51 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 93 | #633 | Up 9 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 94 | #642 | Up 42 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 89 | #684 | Down 1 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 86 | #683 | Down 55 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 101 | #628 | Up 88 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 85 | #716 | Down 51 places |
| 1924 | Girls | 5 | #5,061 | — |
| 1923 | Boys | 93 | #665 | Up 37 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 86 | #702 | Down 10 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 87 | #692 | Up 21 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 83 | #713 | Down 68 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 90 | #645 | Up 186 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 62 | #831 | Down 108 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 72 | #723 | Up 11 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 68 | #734 | Down 53 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 72 | #681 | Up 107 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 45 | #788 | Down 68 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 41 | #720 | Down 52 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 40 | #668 | Down 120 places |
| 1911 | Boys | 30 | #548 | Up 159 places |
| 1910 | Boys | 18 | #707 | Up 49 places |
| 1909 | Boys | 14 | #756 | Down 304 places |
| 1908 | Boys | 29 | #452 | Up 182 places |
| 1907 | Boys | 16 | #634 | Down 44 places |
| 1906 | Boys | 16 | #590 | Down 16 places |
| 1905 | Boys | 17 | #574 | Up 186 places |
| 1904 | Boys | 10 | #760 | Down 309 places |
| 1903 | Boys | 21 | #451 | Up 70 places |
| 1902 | Boys | 17 | #521 | Up 206 places |
| 1901 | Boys | 9 | #727 | Down 237 places |
| 1900 | Boys | 22 | #490 | Down 66 places |
| 1899 | Boys | 19 | #424 | Up 211 places |
| 1898 | Boys | 12 | #635 | Down 140 places |
| 1897 | Boys | 16 | #495 | Up 405 places |
| 1896 | Boys | 7 | #900 | Down 28 places |
| 1895 | Boys | 7 | #872 | Down 204 places |
| 1894 | Boys | 10 | #668 | Down 18 places |
| 1893 | Boys | 10 | #650 | Down 228 places |
| 1892 | Boys | 20 | #422 | Up 175 places |
| 1891 | Boys | 10 | #597 | Down 139 places |
| 1890 | Boys | 16 | #458 | Up 170 places |
| 1889 | Boys | 10 | #628 | Down 123 places |
| 1888 | Boys | 15 | #505 | Up 126 places |
| 1887 | Boys | 9 | #631 | Down 200 places |
| 1886 | Boys | 17 | #431 | Up 146 places |
| 1885 | Boys | 11 | #577 | Down 127 places |
| 1884 | Boys | 17 | #450 | Up 47 places |
| 1883 | Boys | 13 | #497 | Down 44 places |
| 1882 | Boys | 16 | #453 | Down 37 places |
| 1881 | Boys | 17 | #416 | Up 66 places |
| 1880 | Boys | 14 | #482 | — |