Aldred

Boys' name

Old, wise + counsel, advice

Aldred has been given to 64 babies in the U.S. since 1917. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1917, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Aldred, 1991

1 in 779,000

Aldred over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Aldred: meaning, origin, and history

Old, wise + counsel, advice

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Aldred means

Aldred means “old, wise + counsel, advice”, associated with ald and rēd.

Origin, language, and formation

Aldred is used in Old English.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Old English, Aldred is pronounced /ˈɑldˌreːd/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 64 boys were recorded with the name Aldred between 1917 and 1991. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1917; its best national rank was #2,733 in 1917.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Aldred?

Aldred had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1991, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1991: 1 in 779,000; 5 of 3,892,928 births
Among boys only: 1 in 404,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1991: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 539,676 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Aldred sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1991 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 539,676 children born in 1991 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Aldred. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Aldreds were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Aldred was born before 1927 — so the typical Aldred is around 98 today.

Median birth year: 1927; About 98 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 37.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 7.8%; Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950: 20; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 37.5% of all recorded uses (24).

Is Aldred rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1917 (9)
Years since peak: 108; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 20.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,733; 1917

Spellings of Aldred

Aldred is not the most common spelling — Andrew is, with 70.0% against Aldred's <0.01%.

Andrew70.0%1,329,454
Alfred12.8%243,861
Andre6.9%130,656
Andres5.1%96,284
Alfredo3.0%57,075
Alden0.96%18,221
Andrea0.32%6,029
Eldred0.20%3,746

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Aldred by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,733; 1917
Peak year: 1917; 9 that year
First recorded: 1917
Last recorded: 1991
All-time count: 64
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Aldred

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Aldous Aldrik Jhared Sacred Aldan Uhtred Aldwin Jahred Aldric Aldrin Aldine Aldyn Aldor Aldus Aldahir Aldean Aldren Alduin Jaired Zared Gerred Aldis Aldridge Aldrich

Sibling names for Aldred

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Nelle Orpha Harriette Winnifred Maurine Johnie Dovie Lura

For a brother

Regis Meyer Rosario Lyman Winfield Dorsey Granville Isadore

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