Alphonse
#2,516 for boys in 2025, 53 births
- Peak · boys
- 1913 · 197 births
- Debut · boys
- 20 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,590since 1880
Alphonse over time
Rank among boys' names. Alphonse has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,516 | 53 |
| 2024 | #2,418 | 57 |
| 2023 | #2,614 | 50 |
| 2022 | #2,493 | 55 |
| 2021 | #2,523 | 52 |
| 2020 | #2,419 | 54 |
| 2019 | #3,716 | 29 |
| 2018 | #3,240 | 35 |
| 2017 | #3,123 | 37 |
| 2016 | #2,726 | 44 |
| 2015 | #4,295 | 23 |
| 2014 | #3,891 | 26 |
| 2013 | #4,463 | 21 |
| 2012 | #5,482 | 16 |
| 2011 | #4,659 | 20 |
| 2010 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2009 | #5,554 | 16 |
| 2008 | #5,487 | 16 |
| 2007 | #5,434 | 16 |
| 2006 | #6,904 | 11 |
| 2005 | #5,578 | 14 |
| 2004 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #4,616 | 17 |
| 2002 | #4,502 | 17 |
| 2001 | #5,667 | 12 |
| 2000 | #3,764 | 21 |
| 1999 | #4,341 | 16 |
| 1998 | #3,849 | 18 |
| 1997 | #3,877 | 17 |
| 1996 | #3,830 | 17 |
| 1995 | #3,191 | 21 |
| 1994 | #2,685 | 27 |
| 1993 | #3,141 | 21 |
| 1992 | #2,532 | 28 |
| 1991 | #2,606 | 26 |
| 1990 | #2,308 | 30 |
| 1989 | #2,615 | 24 |
| 1988 | #3,203 | 16 |
| 1987 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #1,873 | 32 |
| 1985 | #2,226 | 24 |
| 1984 | #2,529 | 19 |
| 1983 | #2,577 | 18 |
| 1982 | #1,654 | 36 |
| 1981 | #1,942 | 28 |
| 1980 | #1,852 | 30 |
| 1979 | #2,568 | 18 |
| 1978 | #2,134 | 22 |
| 1977 | #1,645 | 33 |
| 1976 | #1,541 | 35 |
| 1975 | #1,378 | 40 |
| 1974 | #1,659 | 29 |
| 1973 | #1,653 | 28 |
| 1972 | #1,473 | 33 |
| 1971 | #1,330 | 40 |
| 1970 | #1,699 | 26 |
| 1969 | #1,351 | 35 |
| 1968 | #1,339 | 33 |
| 1967 | #1,165 | 41 |
| 1966 | #1,073 | 47 |
| 1965 | #1,106 | 45 |
| 1964 | #921 | 68 |
| 1963 | #984 | 59 |
| 1962 | #1,069 | 51 |
| 1961 | #967 | 63 |
| 1960 | #1,045 | 54 |
| 1959 | #950 | 65 |
| 1958 | #915 | 68 |
| 1957 | #908 | 70 |
| 1956 | #822 | 82 |
| 1955 | #836 | 77 |
| 1954 | #908 | 66 |
| 1953 | #825 | 76 |
| 1952 | #746 | 89 |
| 1951 | #763 | 84 |
| 1950 | #755 | 83 |
| 1949 | #692 | 97 |
| 1948 | #737 | 83 |
| 1947 | #711 | 93 |
| 1946 | #704 | 85 |
| 1945 | #684 | 78 |
| 1944 | #658 | 89 |
| 1943 | #668 | 92 |
| 1942 | #606 | 108 |
| 1941 | #525 | 129 |
| 1940 | #591 | 100 |
| 1939 | #569 | 101 |
| 1938 | #559 | 108 |
| 1937 | #631 | 86 |
| 1936 | #518 | 119 |
| 1935 | #543 | 113 |
| 1934 | #490 | 137 |
| 1933 | #543 | 110 |
| 1932 | #474 | 147 |
| 1931 | #396 | 201 |
| 1930 | #469 | 159 |
| 1929 | #428 | 191 |
| 1928 | #396 | 226 |
| 1927 | #431 | 197 |
| 1926 | #399 | 221 |
| 1925 | #359 | 271 |
| 1924 | #378 | 249 |
| 1923 | #351 | 282 |
| 1922 | #347 | 289 |
| 1921 | #364 | 274 |
| 1920 | #320 | 329 |
| 1919 | #304 | 324 |
| 1918 | #288 | 357 |
| 1917 | #296 | 316 |
| 1916 | #294 | 306 |
| 1915 | #290 | 297 |
| 1914 | #280 | 250 |
| 1913 | #277 | 197 |
| 1912 | #302 | 142 |
| 1911 | #295 | 81 |
| 1910 | #329 | 56 |
| 1909 | #307 | 56 |
| 1908 | #316 | 48 |
| 1907 | #405 | 31 |
| 1906 | #323 | 40 |
| 1905 | #430 | 25 |
| 1904 | #335 | 36 |
| 1903 | #430 | 22 |
| 1902 | #337 | 33 |
| 1901 | #334 | 29 |
| 1900 | #430 | 27 |
| 1899 | #438 | 18 |
| 1898 | #345 | 31 |
| 1897 | #404 | 22 |
| 1896 | #380 | 26 |
| 1895 | #383 | 25 |
| 1894 | #439 | 19 |
| 1893 | #401 | 20 |
| 1892 | #404 | 22 |
| 1891 | #427 | 17 |
| 1890 | #424 | 18 |
| 1889 | #446 | 17 |
| 1888 | #416 | 20 |
| 1887 | #392 | 18 |
| 1886 | #451 | 16 |
| 1885 | #344 | 25 |
| 1884 | #399 | 20 |
| 1883 | #479 | 14 |
| 1882 | #453 | 16 |
| 1881 | #503 | 12 |
| 1880 | #381 | 20 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Alphonse was already there! It came in at #381, and was given to 20 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2004–2010, when fewer than 17 boys a year got the name.
Where Alphonse is popular in 1937
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#189 · 1 in 3,150
- New Jersey#259 · 1 in 4,920
- Louisiana#298 · 1 in 2,242
- New York#310 · 1 in 5,354
- Michigan#374 · 1 in 6,966
Best ever in a state: #59 in New Hampshire, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Massachusetts | #189 | 9 | 1 in 3,150 |
| New Jersey | #259 | 5 | 1 in 4,920 |
| Louisiana | #298 | 9 | 1 in 2,242 |
| New York | #310 | 16 | 1 in 5,354 |
| Michigan | #374 | 6 | 1 in 6,966 |
| Illinois | #443 | 5 | 1 in 10,812 |
| Pennsylvania | #494 | 5 | 1 in 14,722 |
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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 Alphonse
- 98 spots since 2024 (#2,418 → #2,516)
- 97 spots since 2020 (#2,419 → #2,516)
- 1,779 spots since 2015 (#4,295 → #2,516)
- Biggest jump: 107 spots in 1906 (#430 → #323)
- Biggest drop: 185 spots in 1965 (#921 → #1,106)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1913 at #277 (197 births)
- Births halved by 1937, 24 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 83 yrs · run 1880–1959
- Highest: 1 in 2,602 boys born in 1913 were named Alphonse (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 32,228 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 23.9% of all boys named Alphonse (2,529) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 178 | #344 (1885) | #426 |
| 1890s | 218 | #345 (1898) | #405 |
| 1900s | 347 | #307 (1909) | #365 |
| 1910s | 2,326 | #277 (1913) | #296 |
| 1920s | 2,529 | #320 (1920) | #377 |
| 1930s | 1,281 | #396 (1931) | #519 |
| 1940s | 954 | #525 (1941) | #658 |
| 1950s | 760 | #746 (1952) | #843 |
| 1960s | 496 | #921 (1964) | #1,102 |
| 1970s | 304 | #1,330 (1971) | #1,708 |
| 1980s | 239 | #1,654 (1982) | #2,420 |
| 1990s | 221 | #2,308 (1990) | #3,236 |
| 2000s | 151 | #3,764 (2000) | #5,403 |
| 2010s | 265 | #2,726 (2016) | #4,163 |
| 2020s | 321 | #2,418 (2024) | #2,497 |
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.
Alphonse in 1937
Top boys' names in 1937
More about 1937
boys
1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 12,403 of them was named Alphonse, which outranked 84.3% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #621Reynaldo87
- #621Roman87
- #621Tracy87
- #631Alphonse86
- #631Carey86
- #631Dexter86
- #631Haywood86
- #637Anderson85
- #637Arther85
- #637Bennett85
Tied with 5 names at #631; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.