Alfred

Also Catalan (pronounced /əlˈfɾɛt/). It has been extremely popular in Catalan-speaking regions for centuries.

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Sources:
INE https://www.ine.es/explica/explica_estadymas_widget_nomape.htm (notice high incidence in Catalonia)

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Catalan-speaking bearers
· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Garc%C3%ADa
· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Bosch
· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hernando
· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Esmatges
· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Massana
· https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carles_Gas%C3%B2liba_i_B%C3%B6hm
· https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Badia_i_Gabarr%C3%B3
· https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Giner_i_Sorolla
· https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P%C3%A9rez_de_Tudela_i_Molina
· https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Ca%C3%B1amero_i_Carre%C3%B1o
· https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Boix_Pastor
· https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Julbe_Bosch
· https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Paluzie_i_Lucena

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Noblemen whose name is translated as Alfred into Catalan
· https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_el_Gran
· https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_del_Regne_Unit_(duc_de_Sax%C3%B2nia-Coburg_Gotha)
· https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_del_Regne_Unit_(pr%C3%ADncep_hereu_de_Sax%C3%B2nia-Coburg_Gotha)

Alvered, Alvred and Alred are other forms. Source: https://anglisc.miraheze.org/wiki/Anglish_Given_Names (See Anglo-Saxon Names category)

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Alfred could also possibly derive from the name Ealhfrith (which is in the Submitted Names Database). Source: https://pase.ac.uk/domesday/name/1991/

Also Albanian: https://instatemra.shinyapps.io/emra/ [noted -ed]

Also Romansh:
Source: "Vornamen in der Schweiz. Prénoms en Suisse. I nomi in Svizzera. Prenoms in Svizra" (1993) published by the Association of Swiss registrars
https://sursassiala.ch/2015/01/15/familienforschung/
https://nossaistorgia.ch/entries/rmyDrAe8V8R
https://nossaistorgia.ch/entries/jGmMQO8pVkn
https://www.portraitarchiv.ch/portrait?page=59

Ed could also be used as a nickname.

Also Luxembourgish : https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Kieffer
https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Stuermer
http://engelmann.uni.lu:8080/portal/WBB2009/LWB/wbgui_py?lemid=HK02547
http://www.actioun-letzebuergesch.lu/virnimm.html

The name Alfred is also a Catalan name.

Also Estonian: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred

Add Usage: Czech

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Pronounced: AL-frəd (English), AL-FREHD (French), AL-frehd (Swedish, Czech), AL-freh (Norwegian, Danish), AL-freht (German, Polish), AL-frət (Dutch)

Also Czech: https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfr%C3%A9d -- mentions Alfred, including stats
https://krestnijmeno.prijmeni.cz/search.php?name=Alfred&t=1

In 2018, 63 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Alfred who is registered male with the Social Security Administration. It is the 390th most common male first name for living U.S. citizens.

The name Alfred was given to 263 boys born in the US in 2016.
More than 99.9 percent of people with the first name Alfred are male.

As a French name, it's for an old man only.