Alfons

Last seen for boys in 1969 at #4,404

Peak · boys
1919 · 32 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
441
since 1900

Alfons over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Alfons has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919peak #1,247, 1919boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1926#3,7086
1925#2,58811
1924#1,89418
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1919#1,24732
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1917#1,32227
1916#1,59420
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First appearance
1900

The first year at least five boys were named Alfons! It came in at #1,310, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1900–1910, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Alfons is popular in 1919

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedINOhio: #409 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 7,270 boysOHPennsylvania: #526 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 15,847 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedHITexas: #714 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 7,526 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Alfons, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Ohio#409 · 1 in 7,270
  2. Pennsylvania#526 · 1 in 15,847
  3. Texas#714 · 1 in 7,526

Best ever in a state: #409 in Ohio, 1919.

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See more about Alfons
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1969
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1900
  • Peaked 1919 at #1,247 (32 births)
  • Births halved by 1921, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 30,095
  • Highest: 1 in 30,095 boys born in 1900 were named Alfons (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 357,635 boys born in 1969 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,247 in 1919, was only 1 in 30,629 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 40.6% of all boys named Alfons (179) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s5#1,310 (1900)#1,310
1910s179#1,247 (1919)#1,457
1920s154#1,642 (1920)#2,217
1930s59#2,191 (1932)#2,774
1940s11#3,298 (1949)#3,379
1950s10#3,944 (1958)#3,969
1960s23#2,546 (1964)#3,418

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Alfons in 1919

boys
#1,247
32 births · 1 in 30,629 boys

Top boys' names in 1919

  1. #1John53,522
  2. #2William43,969
  3. #3James42,392
  4. #4Robert41,025
  5. #5Charles25,192
  6. #6George25,170
  7. #7Joseph24,266
  8. #8Edward18,536
  9. #9Frank15,701
  10. #10Thomas13,434
  11. #1,247Alfons32
More about 1919

boys

980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 30,629 of them was named Alfons, which outranked 74.1% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alfons
  1. #1,230Quenton33
  2. #1,230Toivo33
  3. #1,230Vinson33
  4. #1,247Alfons32
  5. #1,247Attilio32
  6. #1,247Barry32
  7. #1,247Bayard32
  8. #1,264Agustin31
  9. #1,264Beauford31
  10. #1,264Butler31

Tied with 16 names at #1,247; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. ↑ 446Quinten#1,313 → #867
  2. ↑ 432Dempsey#1,012 → #580
  3. ↑ 341Winton#1,231 → #890
  4. ↑ 334Donnie#1,211 → #877
  5. ↑ 332Edsel#1,062 → #730
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,008Foch#869 → #2,877
  2. ↓ 582Carmel#949 → #1,531
  3. ↓ 403Eligah#918 → #1,321
  4. ↓ 398Nels#809 → #1,207
  5. ↓ 355Myer#966 → #1,321

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1919 →