Alfredo
- Pronunciation
- [Al-fre-do]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Sage
- Origin
- English
About the Name Alfredo
Alfredo is the Spanish and Italian form of Alfred, the Old English name Ælfræd — a compound of ælf ("elf," used in Old English to denote a supernatural counselor or wise spirit) and ræd ("counsel" or "advice") — meaning "counsel of the elves" or more broadly "wise counsel." The meaning field here gives "sage," which captures the wisdom dimension of ræd but does not reflect the full Old English compound; the name's root is Germanic rather than a standalone adjective. As the Iberian and Italian adaptation, Alfredo carries the warm, lyrical phonetics of Romance languages while retaining its Old English ancestral structure. The name has notable documentary bearers: Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco, born 12 October 1908 in Guayaquil, was a central figure of the Grupo de Guayaquil and a founder of Ecuadorian social-realist fiction; and Alfredo Stroessner, born 3 November 1912 in Encarnación, ruled Paraguay for nearly thirty-five years — the longest dictatorship in twentieth-century South America.
Alfredo appears in the US Social Security top-1000 from 2000 and reached its peak rank of #298 in 2001. It has held continuous top-1000 presence through 2024: #705 in 2022, #743 in 2023, and #780 in 2024. Over its tracked run, approximately 15,685 babies received the name in top-1000 years. The recorded variant is Albert.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Alfredo
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Alfredo by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2000 with 999 boys named Alfredo (boy rank #301 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #820 for boys (301 US births). That's 519 places below its 2000 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Alfredo Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Alfredo the strongest states are New Mexico, California, Texas.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico | #312 | 21 |
| 2 | California | #346 | 1,013 |
| 3 | Texas | #360 | 917 |
| 4 | Arizona | #382 | 181 |
| 5 | Nevada | #424 | 34 |
| 6 | Colorado | #528 | 69 |
| 7 | Oregon | #549 | 24 |
| 8 | Illinois | #630 | 138 |
| 9 | Washington | #681 | 76 |
| 10 | Florida | #760 | 155 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina | #922 | 35 |
| 2 | Tennessee | #892 | 18 |
| 3 | Georgia | #876 | 47 |
| 4 | New Jersey | #799 | 43 |
| 5 | Florida | #760 | 155 |
| 6 | Washington | #681 | 76 |
| 7 | Illinois | #630 | 138 |
| 8 | Oregon | #549 | 24 |
| 9 | Colorado | #528 | 69 |
| 10 | Nevada | #424 | 34 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Alfredo in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Famous People Named Alfredo
2 notable figures from history and culture who share the name Alfredo.
- Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco was an Ecuadorian writer, best known for his work as a novelist, essayist and journalist.
- Alfredo Stroessner was the President of Paraguay who ruled his country with an iron grip for over three decades.
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Compare Alfredo to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Alfredo against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).