Alfredo

Meaning: Elf counsel
Origin: Old English — Italian/Portuguese/Spanish form of Alfred

Boy's name · #820 in the US (2025) · 90s wave

Popularity over time

Alfredo reached its best rank, #266, in 1980 and ranked #820 in 2025. Roughly 57,000 boys have been named Alfredo since 1887.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 13 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#108 in Mexico (2024) · #207 in Italy (2024) · #411 in Ecuador (2025) · #3,256 in England & Wales (2025) · #3,320 in France (2025) · #2,193 in Sweden (2023) · #2,810 in Canada (2022) · #1,238 in Austria (2021) · #414 in Puerto Rico (2015).

Famous Alfredos

Alfredo Di Stéfano — Argentine footballer (1926–2014)
Alfredo Palacio — President of Ecuador from 2005 to 2007 (1939–2025)
Alfredo Foni — Italian footballer (1911–1985)
Alfredo Anderson — Panamanian footballer (born 1978)
Alfredo Kraus — Spanish tenor (1927–1999)
Alfredo Casella — Italian composer, pianist, and conductor (1883–1947)
Alfredo Binda — Italian cyclist (1902–1986)
Alfredo Catalani — Italian operatic composer (1854–1893)

In stories & tradition

Alfredo Linguini — Ratatouille (film)
Alfredo^it — Lupo Alberto (comics)
Alfredo Germont — Operatic character in the opera La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi; a young bourgeois froma provincial family

What Alfredos become

Among 2,713 notable people named Alfredo:

Political leaders appear 1.38× more often than among typical names — e.g. Alfredo Cristiani, President of El Salvador from 1989 to 1994 (born 1947).

Similar names: Alfred · Ernesto · Alberto · Orlando · Roberto · Gerardo

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