Thirty years of Alfie
Alfie in numbers
Alfie peaked in 2008 with 5,566 boys and has fallen since, to 1,955 in 2025. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2005 and 2008, from 3,005 to 5,566. It ranked 119th in 1996, reached 4th in 2009 and ranks 16th now. On average it was given to 661 boys a year in the late 1990s, 3,271 in the 2000s, 4,000 in the 2010s and 2,190 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-3%2,020 to 1,955
- 5 years-19%2,414 to 1,955
- 10 years-45%3,540 to 1,955
- 20 years-35%3,005 to 1,955
- Since 1996×5372 to 1,955
- Total, 1996 to 202588,495boys
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 16 · ONS · 2,020 in 2024
Rank 16 · NRS · 196 in 2024
Rank 23 · NISRA · 82 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | 1,955 | -3% | 1 in 154 |
| 2024 | 16 | 2,020 | -4% | 1 in 151 |
| 2023 | 16 | 2,111 | -8% | 1 in 144 |
| 2022 | 17 | 2,304 | -1% | 1 in 135 |
| 2021 | 16 | 2,338 | -3% | 1 in 137 |
| 2020 | 18 | 2,414 | -13% | 1 in 130 |
| 2019 | 15 | 2,785 | -6% | 1 in 118 |
| 2018 | 15 | 2,977 | -9% | 1 in 113 |
| 2017 | 12 | 3,287 | -8% | 1 in 106 |
| 2016 * | 14 | 3,555 | +0% | 1 in 100 |
| 2015 | 14 | 3,540 | -8% | 1 in 101 |
| 2014 | 12 | 3,868 | -7% | 1 in 92 |
| 2013 | 11 | 4,138 | -15% | 1 in 87 |
| 2012 | 7 | 4,843 | -12% | 1 in 77 |
| 2011 | 4 | 5,524 | +1% | 1 in 67 |
| 2010 | 4 | 5,478 | -1% | 1 in 68 |
| 2009 | 4 | 5,536 | -1% | 1 in 65 |
| 2008 | 6 | 5,566 | +11% | 1 in 65 |
| 2007 | 10 | 5,014 | +35% | 1 in 71 |
| 2006 | 16 | 3,702 | +23% | 1 in 92 |
| 2005 | 23 | 3,005 | +7% | 1 in 110 |
| 2004 | 25 | 2,804 | -19% | 1 in 117 |
| 2003 | 17 | 3,450 | +164% | 1 in 92 |
| 2002 | 49 | 1,306 | +10% | 1 in 234 |
| 2001 | 54 | 1,189 | +4% | 1 in 256 |
| 2000 | 57 | 1,142 | +27% | 1 in 271 |
| 1999 | 64 | 899 | +11% | 1 in 355 |
| 1998 | 71 | 808 | +43% | 1 in 403 |
| 1997 | 92 | 565 | +52% | 1 in 583 |
| 1996 | 119 | 372 | 1 in 896 |
* ONS’s boys’ 2016 file repeats the October total as September, so the 2016 births total is about 932 too low and 1 in X for 2016 is slightly too low. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate
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