Alf is a rare variant of Alva that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Alf is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1979. Alf first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1916 (38 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 5 | — | #6,081 |
| 1975 | 8 | — | #3,955 |
| 1974 | 8 | — | #3,844 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | #4,455 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | #4,928 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | #4,419 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | #4,149 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | #3,981 |
| 1964 | 9 | — | #2,858 |
| 1962 | 5 | — | #4,051 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | #4,074 |
| 1960 | 8 | — | #3,082 |
| 1959 | 9 | — | #2,825 |
| 1957 | 5 | — | #4,000 |
| 1956 | 8 | — | #2,974 |
| 1954 | 11 | — | #2,453 |
| 1953 | 7 | — | #3,147 |
| 1952 | 10 | — | #2,519 |
| 1951 | 6 | — | #3,370 |
| 1950 | 9 | — | #2,583 |
| 1949 | 17 | — | #1,821 |
| 1948 | 6 | — | #3,324 |
| 1947 | 13 | — | #2,170 |
| 1946 | 9 | — | #2,536 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | #2,999 |
| 1944 | 9 | — | #2,470 |
| 1943 | 7 | — | #2,965 |
| 1942 | 14 | — | #1,947 |
| 1941 | 7 | — | #2,878 |
| 1939 | 12 | — | #2,052 |
| 1938 | 13 | — | #1,980 |
| 1937 | 14 | — | #1,913 |
| 1936 | 18 | — | #1,587 |
| 1935 | 12 | — | #2,128 |
| 1934 | 16 | — | #1,784 |
| 1933 | 18 | — | #1,645 |
| 1932 | 17 | — | #1,780 |
| 1931 | 18 | — | #1,694 |
| 1930 | 19 | — | #1,693 |
| 1929 | 21 | — | #1,611 |
| 1928 | 18 | — | #1,823 |
| 1927 | 25 | — | #1,518 |
| 1926 | 17 | — | #1,912 |
| 1925 | 18 | — | #1,874 |
| 1924 | 34 | — | #1,246 |
| 1923 | 27 | — | #1,421 |
| 1922 | 18 | — | #1,885 |
| 1921 | 27 | — | #1,450 |
| 1920 | 26 | — | #1,457 |
| 1919 | 36 | — | #1,159 |
| 1918 | 32 | — | #1,231 |
| 1917 | 36 | — | #1,113 |
| 1916 | 38 | — | #1,044 |
| 1915 | 34 | — | #1,100 |
| 1914 | 27 | — | #1,101 |
| 1913 | 20 | — | #1,146 |
| 1912 | 22 | — | #970 |
| 1911 | 19 | — | #732 |
| 1910 | 6 | — | #1,424 |
| 1909 | 6 | — | #1,280 |
| 1908 | 9 | — | #946 |
| 1907 | 11 | — | #818 |
| 1906 | 9 | — | #853 |
| 1905 | 8 | — | #920 |
| 1904 | 10 | — | #761 |
| 1903 | 5 | — | #1,133 |
| 1902 | 5 | — | #1,142 |
| 1901 | 12 | — | #596 |
| 1900 | 8 | — | #971 |
| 1898 | 5 | — | #1,124 |
| 1897 | 10 | — | #682 |
| 1896 | 9 | — | #778 |
| 1895 | 6 | — | #979 |
| 1894 | 6 | — | #957 |
| 1893 | 11 | — | #616 |
| 1892 | 10 | — | #688 |
| 1891 | 11 | — | #564 |
| 1890 | 10 | — | #630 |
| 1889 | 12 | — | #549 |
| 1888 | 10 | — | #649 |
| 1887 | 8 | — | #682 |
| 1886 | 9 | — | #647 |
| 1885 | 5 | — | #941 |
| 1884 | 7 | — | #768 |
| 1883 | 15 | — | #460 |
| 1882 | 6 | — | #841 |
| 1881 | 5 | — | #868 |
| 1880 | 7 | — | #747 |