Alonza

Last seen for girls in 2001 at #13,521 · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1886 · 15 births
Debut · boys
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,315
since 1880

Alonza over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Alonza has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201882peak #470, 1886boys
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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——
2024——
2023——
2022—#12,3305
2021——
2020——
2019——
2018——
2017——
2016——
2015——
2014—#12,1085
2013——
2012——
2011——
2010——
2009—#8,9858
2008——
2007—#8,1739
2006—#12,0555
2005—#9,1157
2004—#9,9486
2003—#10,8945
2002—#10,6675
2001#13,5216#6,01311
2000—#5,92011
1999—#6,04210
1998—#4,65014
1997—#7,2817
1996—#5,53510
1995—#5,50110
1994—#6,3728
1993—#3,66117
1992—#5,23610
1991—#4,00514
1990—#3,16619
1989—#3,32517
1988—#2,59922
1987—#2,83818
1986—#2,36023
1985—#2,11626
1984—#2,95615
1983—#2,78716
1982—#2,83116
1981—#2,20423
1980—#1,61936
1979—#2,56818
1978—#1,91326
1977—#2,20221
1976—#1,93225
1975—#1,70429
1974—#1,69228
1973—#1,51432
1972—#1,36438
1971—#1,86223
1970—#1,35138
1969—#1,26539
1968—#1,42830
1967—#1,28734
1966—#1,25936
1965—#1,20640
1964—#1,18942
1963—#1,08150
1962—#1,05652
1961—#1,00160
1960—#1,22941
1959—#1,05054
1958—#1,18642
1957—#1,10048
1956—#1,17142
1955—#1,00256
1954—#1,04551
1953—#1,13942
1952—#1,11143
1951—#91559
1950—#92655
1949—#1,14438
1948—#1,02347
1947—#1,13641
1946—#98047
1945—#1,27027
1944—#1,07038
1943—#1,15535
1942—#1,03642
1941—#1,20930
1940—#1,20831
1939—#97642
1938—#1,17131
1937—#1,18031
1936—#1,20530
1935—#1,19431
1934—#1,13334
1933—#94644
1932—#96346
1931—#1,33327
1930—#1,03744
1929—#1,02644
1928—#1,12539
1927—#1,32231
1926—#1,05044
1925—#1,10840
1924—#1,16938
1923—#97650
1922—#1,22235
1921—#1,08642
1920—#1,04544
1919—#1,12238
1918—#1,03542
1917—#1,26429
1916—#1,04338
1915—#1,10034
1914—#1,12726
1913—#1,04923
1912—#1,13717
1911—#89614
1910—#67719
1909—#80413
1908—#74413
1907—#77812
1906—#70912
1905—#78610
1904—#9667
1903—#7839
1902—#9337
1901—#59612
1900—#1,1626
1899—#8577
1898—#70110
1897—#7259
1896—#72210
1895—#8727
1894—#66810
1893—#47915
1892—#64111
1891—#8416
1890—#9945
1889—#6739
1888—#60911
1887—#58310
1886—#47015
1885—#7008
1884—#7647
1883—#6449
1882—#61110
1881—#56310
1880—#60010
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Alonza was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2008, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Alonza is popular in 1882

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Alonza
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
  • Biggest jump: 566 spots in 1901 (#1,162 → #596)
  • Biggest drop: 337 spots in 1902 (#596 → #933)
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1886 at #470 (15 births)
  • Births halved by 1890, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 38 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1880–1899
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,386
  • Highest: 1 in 7,386 boys born in 1886 were named Alonza (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 349,202 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 14.8% of all boys named Alonza (492) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s99#470 (1886)#622
1890s90#479 (1893)#750
1900s101#596 (1901)#826
1910s280#677 (1910)#1,045
1920s407#976 (1923)#1,113
1930s360#946 (1933)#1,114
1940s376#980 (1946)#1,123
1950s492#915 (1951)#1,065
1960s424#1,001 (1961)#1,200
1970s278#1,351 (1970)#1,810
1980s212#1,619 (1980)#2,564
1990s119#3,166 (1990)#5,145
2000s67#5,920 (2000)#9,086
2010s5#12,108 (2014)#12,108
2020s5#12,330 (2022)#12,330

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.

Alonza in 1882

boys
#611
10 births · 1 in 11,369 boys

Top boys' names in 1882

  1. #1John9,557
  2. #2William9,298
  3. #3James5,892
  4. #4George5,193
  5. #5Charles5,091
  6. #6Frank3,176
  7. #7Joseph2,670
  8. #8Thomas2,610
  9. #9Henry2,579
  10. #10Robert2,500
  11. #611Alonza10
More about 1882

boys

113,686 boys got a published name in 1882; 1 in 11,369 of them was named Alonza, which outranked 44.4% of the 1,099 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alonza
  1. #576Volney11
  2. #576Webb11
  3. #576West11
  4. #611Alonza10
  5. #611Abel10
  6. #611Alma10
  7. #611Berton10
  8. #652Allison9
  9. #652Anson9
  10. #652Asbury9

Tied with 40 names at #611; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1881
Risers
  1. ↑ 467Clarance#866 → #399
  2. ↑ 429Webster#866 → #437
  3. ↑ 365Neil#781 → #416
  4. ↑ 352Cliff#866 → #514
  5. ↑ 352Elmore#866 → #514
Fallers
  1. ↓ 501Verne#442 → #943
  2. ↓ 483Newell#460 → #943
  3. ↓ 456Merritt#487 → #943
  4. ↓ 440Solon#503 → #943
  5. ↓ 395Almon#442 → #837

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

See the top 100 for 1882 →