Alford is an uncommon variant of Alfred that peaked in 1930 and has since faded.
Alford is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2019. Alford was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1930 (106 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,222 |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,339 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | — | #11,530 |
| 2002 | 7 | 7 | — | #8,484 |
| 2001 | 5 | 5 | — | #10,621 |
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | — | #10,414 |
| 1999 | 9 | 9 | — | #6,546 |
| 1997 | 8 | — | — | #6,635 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | — | #9,056 |
| 1995 | 6 | — | — | #7,824 |
| 1994 | 11 | — | — | #5,119 |
| 1993 | 8 | — | — | #6,244 |
| 1992 | 10 | — | — | #5,249 |
| 1991 | 16 | — | — | #3,641 |
| 1990 | 8 | — | — | #5,841 |
| 1989 | 9 | — | — | #5,176 |
| 1988 | 14 | — | — | #3,530 |
| 1987 | 11 | — | — | #3,969 |
| 1986 | 12 | — | — | #3,656 |
| 1985 | 13 | — | — | #3,404 |
| 1984 | 21 | — | — | #2,365 |
| 1983 | 16 | — | — | #2,789 |
| 1982 | 15 | — | — | #2,975 |
| 1981 | 26 | — | — | #2,038 |
| 1980 | 24 | — | — | #2,162 |
| 1979 | 15 | — | — | #2,900 |
| 1978 | 18 | — | — | #2,474 |
| 1977 | 21 | — | — | #2,204 |
| 1976 | 11 | — | — | #3,269 |
| 1975 | 29 | — | — | #1,705 |
| 1974 | 19 | — | — | #2,200 |
| 1973 | 32 | — | — | #1,514 |
| 1972 | 26 | — | — | #1,723 |
| 1971 | 20 | — | — | #2,052 |
| 1970 | 34 | — | — | #1,438 |
| 1969 | 21 | — | — | #1,810 |
| 1968 | 26 | — | — | #1,545 |
| 1967 | 32 | — | — | #1,340 |
| 1966 | 34 | — | — | #1,301 |
| 1965 | 26 | — | — | #1,514 |
| 1964 | 43 | — | — | #1,172 |
| 1963 | 34 | — | — | #1,338 |
| 1962 | 34 | — | — | #1,342 |
| 1961 | 45 | — | — | #1,179 |
| 1960 | 49 | — | — | #1,116 |
| 1959 | 54 | — | — | #1,050 |
| 1958 | 39 | — | — | #1,237 |
| 1957 | 42 | — | — | #1,199 |
| 1956 | 55 | — | — | #1,008 |
| 1955 | 68 | — | — | #898 |
| 1954 | 78 | — | — | #819 |
| 1953 | 73 | — | — | #839 |
| 1952 | 67 | — | — | #851 |
| 1951 | 60 | — | — | #912 |
| 1950 | 64 | — | — | #851 |
| 1949 | 79 | — | — | #774 |
| 1948 | 69 | — | — | #821 |
| 1947 | 55 | — | — | #956 |
| 1946 | 69 | — | — | #800 |
| 1945 | 55 | — | — | #845 |
| 1944 | 68 | — | — | #754 |
| 1943 | 74 | — | — | #751 |
| 1942 | 87 | — | — | #687 |
| 1941 | 72 | — | — | #730 |
| 1940 | 69 | — | — | #738 |
| 1939 | 59 | — | — | #794 |
| 1938 | 68 | — | — | #742 |
| 1937 | 76 | — | — | #687 |
| 1936 | 89 | — | — | #617 |
| 1935 | 83 | — | — | #652 |
| 1934 | 84 | — | — | #657 |
| 1933 | 66 | — | — | #753 |
| 1932 | 76 | — | — | #708 |
| 1931 | 71 | — | — | #729 |
| 1930 | 106 | — | — | #582 |
| 1929 | 93 | — | — | #633 |
| 1928 | 94 | — | — | #642 |
| 1927 | 89 | — | — | #684 |
| 1926 | 86 | — | — | #683 |
| 1925 | 101 | — | — | #628 |
| 1924 | 90 | — | #5,089 | #716 |
| 1923 | 93 | — | — | #665 |
| 1922 | 86 | — | — | #702 |
| 1921 | 87 | — | — | #692 |
| 1920 | 83 | — | — | #713 |
| 1919 | 90 | — | — | #645 |
| 1918 | 62 | — | — | #831 |
| 1917 | 72 | — | — | #723 |
| 1916 | 68 | — | — | #736 |
| 1915 | 72 | — | — | #681 |
| 1914 | 45 | — | — | #788 |
| 1913 | 41 | — | — | #720 |
| 1912 | 40 | — | — | #669 |
| 1911 | 30 | — | — | #549 |
| 1910 | 18 | — | — | #709 |
| 1909 | 14 | — | — | #756 |
| 1908 | 29 | — | — | #452 |
| 1907 | 16 | — | — | #635 |
| 1906 | 16 | — | — | #590 |
| 1905 | 17 | — | — | #574 |
| 1904 | 10 | — | — | #762 |
| 1903 | 21 | — | — | #451 |
| 1902 | 17 | — | — | #521 |
| 1901 | 9 | — | — | #730 |
| 1900 | 22 | — | — | #490 |
| 1899 | 19 | — | — | #424 |
| 1898 | 12 | — | — | #637 |
| 1897 | 16 | — | — | #495 |
| 1896 | 7 | — | — | #901 |
| 1895 | 7 | — | — | #874 |
| 1894 | 10 | — | — | #669 |
| 1893 | 10 | — | — | #650 |
| 1892 | 20 | — | — | #422 |
| 1891 | 10 | — | — | #601 |
| 1890 | 16 | — | — | #458 |
| 1889 | 10 | — | — | #631 |
| 1888 | 15 | — | — | #505 |
| 1887 | 9 | — | — | #631 |
| 1886 | 17 | — | — | #432 |
| 1885 | 11 | — | — | #577 |
| 1884 | 17 | — | — | #453 |
| 1883 | 13 | — | — | #497 |
| 1882 | 16 | — | — | #453 |
| 1881 | 17 | — | — | #417 |
| 1880 | 14 | — | — | #482 |