Alfonse
Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
- Peak · boys
- 1911 · 15 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,392since 1906
Alfonse over time
Rank among boys' names. Alfonse has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | — | |
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| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | — | |
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| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | — | |
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| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1964 | #2,546 | 11 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #1,910 | 18 |
| 1959 | #2,663 | 10 |
| 1958 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #2,375 | 12 |
| 1956 | #2,168 | 14 |
| 1955 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1954 | #1,762 | 19 |
| 1953 | #2,038 | 15 |
| 1952 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #1,904 | 16 |
| 1950 | #1,879 | 16 |
| 1949 | #2,453 | 10 |
| 1948 | #1,943 | 15 |
| 1947 | #1,696 | 20 |
| 1946 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #1,574 | 19 |
| 1943 | #1,577 | 20 |
| 1942 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | #1,903 | 14 |
| 1940 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #1,532 | 19 |
| 1938 | #1,976 | 13 |
| 1937 | #1,576 | 19 |
| 1936 | #2,062 | 12 |
| 1935 | #1,757 | 16 |
| 1934 | #1,551 | 20 |
| 1933 | #1,586 | 19 |
| 1932 | #1,286 | 28 |
| 1931 | #1,394 | 25 |
| 1930 | #1,533 | 23 |
| 1929 | #1,173 | 35 |
| 1928 | #1,707 | 20 |
| 1927 | #1,198 | 36 |
| 1926 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1925 | #1,246 | 33 |
| 1924 | #1,058 | 45 |
| 1923 | #992 | 49 |
| 1922 | #1,072 | 43 |
| 1921 | #1,011 | 48 |
| 1920 | #1,045 | 44 |
| 1919 | #949 | 50 |
| 1918 | #1,035 | 42 |
| 1917 | #892 | 51 |
| 1916 | #1,058 | 37 |
| 1915 | #1,037 | 38 |
| 1914 | #1,054 | 29 |
| 1913 | #1,049 | 23 |
| 1912 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | #856 | 15 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,083 | 8 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | #1,004 | 7 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Alfonse! It came in at #1,004, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1908, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Alfonse is popular in 1914
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#198 · 1 in 2,576
Best ever in a state: #164 in Connecticut, 1919.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #198 | 7 | 1 in 2,576 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Alfonse
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 166 spots in 1917 (#1,058 → #892)
- Biggest drop: 763 spots in 1912 (#856 → #1,619)
- Debuted 1906
- Peaked 1911 at #856 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 34 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1911–1923
- Highest: 1 in 15,065 boys born in 1911 were named Alfonse (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 27.6% of all boys named Alfonse (384) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 22 | #1,004 (1906) | #1,060 |
| 1910s | 295 | #856 (1911) | #1,061 |
| 1920s | 384 | #992 (1923) | #1,180 |
| 1930s | 194 | #1,286 (1932) | #1,625 |
| 1940s | 131 | #1,574 (1944) | #2,158 |
| 1950s | 139 | #1,762 (1954) | #2,185 |
| 1960s | 90 | #1,910 (1960) | #2,829 |
| 1970s | 60 | #3,013 (1973) | #3,737 |
| 1980s | 42 | #3,615 (1980) | #5,274 |
| 1990s | 24 | #5,771 (1993) | #6,486 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 11 | #10,863 (2022) | #11,551 |
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.
Alfonse in 1914
Top boys' names in 1914
More about 1914
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654,762 boys got a published name in 1914; 1 in 22,578 of them was named Alfonse, which outranked 72.0% of the 3,759 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,019Toshio30
- #1,019Tyrus30
- #1,019Vicente30
- #1,054Alfonse29
- #1,054Acie29
- #1,054Buddie29
- #1,054Chesley29
- #1,073Arlin28
- #1,073Art28
- #1,073Beecher28
Tied with 18 names at #1,054; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.