Alfonso

Last seen for girls in 1991 at #11,509 · #1,012 for boys in 2025, 223 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1929 · 356 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
41,464
since 1881

Alfonso over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Alfonso has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201900peak #294, 1929boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,012223
2024—#922251
2023—#977224
2022—#920252
2021—#871265
2020—#1,007209
2019—#942229
2018—#915235
2017—#811279
2016—#927229
2015—#796293
2014—#849263
2013—#787286
2012—#797283
2011—#795279
2010—#746304
2009—#649382
2008—#588430
2007—#521499
2006—#550457
2005—#534455
2004—#523458
2003—#521455
2002—#493468
2001—#521428
2000—#490476
1999—#464490
1998—#464485
1997—#441506
1996—#440508
1995—#454495
1994—#430530
1993—#421544
1992—#418532
1991#11,5096#395574
1990—#422537
1989—#419496
1988—#394502
1987#8,7787#417437
1986#10,9125#378488
1985—#395458
1984—#413399
1983—#395420
1982#10,5175#392429
1981—#375460
1980#10,3925#381448
1979—#385441
1978#9,7505#380415
1977—#388412
1976—#395382
1975—#374433
1974—#389396
1973#7,4356#369427
1972#5,4809#399385
1971—#395416
1970#7,0706#396408
1969—#416363
1968#7,0165#408358
1967#6,8045#385381
1966—#391366
1965—#401384
1964—#407389
1963—#403399
1962#5,8606#426353
1961—#397399
1960—#406383
1959—#401392
1958—#397385
1957—#379415
1956—#388373
1955—#368387
1954—#353412
1953—#349393
1952#5,5635#362352
1951#4,8336#366354
1950—#358356
1949#5,2445#358352
1948#4,2057#345380
1947—#365354
1946—#377299
1945—#373261
1944—#364274
1943—#373269
1942—#374264
1941—#361262
1940—#345272
1939—#329282
1938—#325291
1937—#331270
1936—#318287
1935—#336265
1934—#329271
1933—#323277
1932—#307323
1931#3,8486#298347
1930#4,5505#295373
1929#4,5705#294356
1928—#303335
1927—#311340
1926—#313326
1925—#313331
1924—#305353
1923—#306343
1922#4,4456#334305
1921—#329321
1920—#348284
1919—#394220
1918—#390237
1917—#372228
1916—#378212
1915—#396184
1914—#384152
1913—#325156
1912—#329131
1911—#32869
1910—#31860
1909—#30257
1908—#36539
1907—#32842
1906—#39430
1905—#33736
1904—#36031
1903—#43022
1902—#42623
1901—#39423
1900—#37535
1899—#61311
1898—#47319
1897—#55614
1896—#55114
1895—#68510
1894—#8577
1893—#7688
1892—#68810
1891—#59710
1890—#9945
1889—#7897
1888—#8157
1887——
1886—#6948
1885——
1884——
1883—#6449
1882—#8376
1881—#7816
1880——
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Alfonso! It came in at #781, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Alfonso is popular in 1900

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Alfonso
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 90 spots since 2024 (#922 → #1,012)
  • 5 spots since 2020 (#1,007 → #1,012)
  • 216 spots since 2015 (#796 → #1,012)
  • Biggest jump: 397 spots in 1891 (#994 → #597)
  • Biggest drop: 205 spots in 1890 (#789 → #994)
Rise & fade · boys
48 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1929 at #294 (356 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 140 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 140 yrs · run 1888–2019
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,877
  • Highest: 1 in 2,877 boys born in 1909 were named Alfonso (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,660 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #294 in 1929, was only 1 in 3,021 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 12.5% of all boys named Alfonso (5,201) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s43#644 (1883)#760
1890s108#473 (1898)#678
1900s338#302 (1909)#371
1910s1,649#318 (1910)#361
1920s3,294#294 (1929)#316
1930s2,986#295 (1930)#319
1940s2,987#345 (1948)#364
1950s3,819#349 (1953)#372
1960s3,775#385 (1967)#404
1970s4,115#369 (1973)#387
1980s4,537#375 (1981)#396
1990s5,201#395 (1991)#435
2000s4,508#490 (2000)#539
2010s2,680#746 (2010)#837
2020s1,424#871 (2021)#952

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.

Alfonso in 1900

boys
#375
35 births · 1 in 4,299 boys

Top boys' names in 1900

  1. #1John9,828
  2. #2William8,579
  3. #3James7,245
  4. #4George5,403
  5. #5Charles4,098
  6. #6Robert3,821
  7. #7Joseph3,714
  8. #8Frank3,477
  9. #9Edward2,720
  10. #10Henry2,606
  11. #375Alfonso35
More about 1900

boys

150,474 boys got a published name in 1900; 1 in 4,299 of them was named Alfonso, which outranked 75.1% of the 1,506 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alfonso
  1. #365Noble36
  2. #365Orval36
  3. #365Vern36
  4. #375Alfonso35
  5. #375Alphonso35
  6. #375Christian35
  7. #375Dee35
  8. #382Emerson34
  9. #382Lon34
  10. #382Ulysses34

Tied with 6 names at #375; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1899
Risers
  1. ↑ 561Bertha#1,051 → #490
  2. ↑ 526Wilber#928 → #402
  3. ↑ 517Lonie#1,051 → #534
  4. ↑ 517Pasquale#1,051 → #534
  5. ↑ 473Boyce#1,051 → #578
Fallers
  1. ↓ 829Dora#481 → #1,310
  2. ↓ 697Sarah#613 → #1,310
  3. ↓ 697Fannie#613 → #1,310
  4. ↓ 681Lem#481 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 656Merritt#394 → #1,050

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

See the top 100 for 1900 →