Alfredo
An English masculine name of Germanic origin meaning "elf counsel".
Name Census estimates that about 48,315 living Americans carry the first name Alfredo. It is a predominantly male name (99.5% of registrations). The average person named Alfredo today is around 38 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Alfredo births was 1993 (1,089 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Alfredo. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Alfredo with official rankings and popularity over time.
Key insights
- • Although Alfredo is used almost entirely for boys, the SSA data does show 285 girls registered with the name since 1880.
People living today
48K
~ 1 in 7,094 Americans
Peak year
1993
1,089 babies that year
Average age
38
years old
2024 SSA rank
#780
Tracked since 1887
Census
Alfredo in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 89,730 people with the first name Alfredo, which placed it at #591 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#591
National first-name rank
People counted
90K
89,730 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
29.7
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
92.0% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Alfredo
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Alfredo is Hispanic at 92.0%. The next largest groups are Asian/Pacific Islander (4.0%) and White (3.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Alfredo described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Alfredo at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino92.0% · 82,540
- Asian and Pacific Islander4.0% · 3,613
- White3.0% · 2,664
- Black or African American0.7% · 624
- Two or more races0.2% · 165
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.1% · 124
Gender
Gender distribution for Alfredo
Out of the 57,050 babies given the name Alfredo since 1880, 99.5% were registered as male. The name sits firmly on the male side of the spectrum, with only a handful of female registrations across the entire dataset.
Alfredo as a male name
- Ranked #780 in 2024
- 321 male births in 2024
- Peak: 1993 (1,080 births)
Alfredo as a female name
- Ranked #14,498 in 1999
- 5 female births in 1999
- Peak: 1989 (12 births)
2020 Census snapshot
In the 2020 Census sex table, Alfredo appears almost entirely male. Of the 89,731 people counted with this name, 99.8% were male and only a very small share were female.
Popularity
Alfredo: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Alfredo from the 1880s through to the 2020s, spanning 15 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1990s, with 10,170 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1990s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Alfredo by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Alfredo during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Alfredos live
The SSA's state-level files cover 39 states and territories. Texas, California, New York recorded the most babies named Alfredo, while Kentucky, Rhode Island, Louisiana recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 1,356 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Alfredo
The name Alfredo is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, derived from the Old High German name Alforad, which is a compound of the elements alf meaning "elf" and rad meaning "counsel" or "advice." The name was popularized during the medieval period and was particularly common in Italy, Spain, and Portugal.
In the 9th century, the name appears in the historical records of the Carolingian Empire, referring to a nobleman named Alfredo who served as a trusted advisor to Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor. This early association with wisdom and counsel likely contributed to the name's enduring popularity.
One of the earliest documented bearers of the name Alfredo was Alfredo the Great, the King of Wessex from 871 to 899 CE. He is renowned for his military victories against the Danish Vikings and for his efforts in promoting education and legal reforms in England.
In the 12th century, the name Alfredo was borne by Alfredo di Borgo, an Italian jurist and legal scholar who played a significant role in the development of medieval Roman law. His commentaries on the Corpus Juris Civilis, a fundamental work in jurisprudence, were highly influential throughout Europe.
Another notable bearer of the name was Alfredo Acton, an Italian botanist and naturalist who lived from 1867 to 1934. He made significant contributions to the study of Mediterranean flora and was instrumental in establishing the first botanical gardens in Italy.
In the realm of literature, Alfredo is a character in the popular opera La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi, which premiered in 1853. The tragic love story between Alfredo and the courtesan Violetta has become a beloved classic in the opera repertoire.
Other notable individuals named Alfredo include Alfredo Catalani, an Italian opera composer from the late 19th century, and Alfredo Kraus, a celebrated Spanish operatic tenor who performed in the second half of the 20th century.
People
Alfredo + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Alfredo as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with A
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Alfredo: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Alfredo?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 48,315 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Alfredo going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 7,094 US residents.
Is Alfredo a common name?
We classify Alfredo as "Uncommon". It ranks above 99.1% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 57,050 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Alfredo most popular?
The single biggest year for Alfredo was 1993, when 1,089 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Alfredo is about 38 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Alfredo in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 89,730 people with the name Alfredo, or 29.71 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #591 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Alfredo in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Alfredo?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Alfredo appears almost entirely male. Of the 89,731 people counted with this name, 99.8% were male and only a very small share were female. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Alfredo?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Alfredo is Hispanic at 92.0%. The next largest groups are Asian/Pacific Islander (4.0%) and White (3.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Alfredo most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Alfredo in the 2020 Census, accounting for 92.0% (82,540 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Alfredo in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Alfredo a male name?
Yes, 99.5% of people registered as Alfredo in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Alfredo still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Alfredo in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Alfredo can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people share the name Alfredo?
You can see how many people share the name Alfredo on our sister site HowManyOfMe.org — same data roots, lighter UI.