Alphonso
Last seen for girls in 1987 at #11,325 · #4,707 for boys in 2025, 21 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1900 · 35 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 15,187since 1880
Alphonso over time
Rank among boys' names. Alphonso has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,707 | 21 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,443 | 17 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,456 | 23 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,019 | 19 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,110 | 18 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,275 | 23 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,480 | 22 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,993 | 26 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,378 | 33 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,524 | 31 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,295 | 23 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,693 | 28 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,864 | 26 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,059 | 37 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,748 | 43 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,377 | 32 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,105 | 37 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,632 | 47 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,765 | 43 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,348 | 53 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,325 | 50 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,131 | 55 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,102 | 53 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,943 | 57 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,050 | 51 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,768 | 62 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,778 | 56 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,475 | 75 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,519 | 68 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,314 | 83 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,456 | 67 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,211 | 90 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,055 | 110 | |
| 1992 | — | #979 | 122 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,030 | 110 | |
| 1990 | — | #809 | 158 | |
| 1989 | — | #810 | 149 | |
| 1988 | — | #836 | 129 | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #836 | 124 |
| 1986 | — | #724 | 156 | |
| 1985 | — | #736 | 144 | |
| 1984 | — | #763 | 129 | |
| 1983 | — | #821 | 113 | |
| 1982 | — | #853 | 108 | |
| 1981 | — | #780 | 125 | |
| 1980 | — | #808 | 118 | |
| 1979 | — | #768 | 127 | |
| 1978 | — | #767 | 122 | |
| 1977 | — | #751 | 129 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #739 | 127 |
| 1975 | — | #664 | 155 | |
| 1974 | — | #577 | 193 | |
| 1973 | — | #620 | 162 | |
| 1972 | — | #580 | 188 | |
| 1971 | — | #587 | 196 | |
| 1970 | — | #554 | 216 | |
| 1969 | — | #540 | 211 | |
| 1968 | — | #522 | 212 | |
| 1967 | — | #509 | 218 | |
| 1966 | — | #499 | 229 | |
| 1965 | — | #513 | 220 | |
| 1964 | — | #509 | 236 | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #498 | 259 |
| 1962 | — | #444 | 319 | |
| 1961 | — | #469 | 300 | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #470 | 284 |
| 1959 | — | #460 | 299 | |
| 1958 | — | #478 | 271 | |
| 1957 | — | #453 | 289 | |
| 1956 | — | #436 | 299 | |
| 1955 | — | #417 | 309 | |
| 1954 | — | #432 | 279 | |
| 1953 | — | #432 | 269 | |
| 1952 | — | #434 | 261 | |
| 1951 | — | #405 | 283 | |
| 1950 | — | #457 | 209 | |
| 1949 | — | #442 | 230 | |
| 1948 | — | #468 | 202 | |
| 1947 | — | #471 | 203 | |
| 1946 | — | #469 | 186 | |
| 1945 | — | #515 | 136 | |
| 1944 | — | #551 | 120 | |
| 1943 | — | #524 | 143 | |
| 1942 | — | #512 | 142 | |
| 1941 | — | #485 | 146 | |
| 1940 | — | #487 | 140 | |
| 1939 | — | #511 | 123 | |
| 1938 | — | #499 | 136 | |
| 1937 | — | #523 | 122 | |
| 1936 | — | #552 | 107 | |
| 1935 | — | #486 | 136 | |
| 1934 | — | #523 | 125 | |
| 1933 | — | #506 | 123 | |
| 1932 | — | #454 | 156 | |
| 1931 | — | #532 | 119 | |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | #526 | 129 |
| 1929 | — | #557 | 112 | |
| 1928 | — | #578 | 114 | |
| 1927 | — | #562 | 120 | |
| 1926 | — | #580 | 114 | |
| 1925 | — | #554 | 124 | |
| 1924 | — | #657 | 96 | |
| 1923 | — | #582 | 116 | |
| 1922 | — | #617 | 109 | |
| 1921 | — | #553 | 128 | |
| 1920 | — | #687 | 87 | |
| 1919 | — | #545 | 120 | |
| 1918 | — | #611 | 101 | |
| 1917 | — | #603 | 97 | |
| 1916 | — | #574 | 100 | |
| 1915 | — | #632 | 84 | |
| 1914 | — | #585 | 73 | |
| 1913 | — | #592 | 55 | |
| 1912 | — | #470 | 69 | |
| 1911 | — | #533 | 31 | |
| 1910 | — | #461 | 35 | |
| 1909 | — | #574 | 21 | |
| 1908 | — | #541 | 22 | |
| 1907 | — | #540 | 20 | |
| 1906 | — | #424 | 27 | |
| 1905 | — | #525 | 19 | |
| 1904 | — | #466 | 21 | |
| 1903 | — | #576 | 15 | |
| 1902 | — | #583 | 14 | |
| 1901 | — | #596 | 12 | |
| 1900 | — | #375 | 35 | |
| 1899 | — | #613 | 11 | |
| 1898 | — | #663 | 11 | |
| 1897 | — | #615 | 12 | |
| 1896 | — | #592 | 13 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #594 | 12 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #748 | 9 | |
| 1891 | — | #766 | 7 | |
| 1890 | — | #739 | 8 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #609 | 11 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #647 | 9 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #701 | 8 | |
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | #691 | 8 | |
| 1881 | — | #706 | 7 | |
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Alphonso was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Alphonso is popular in 1911
No state had 5 or more boys named Alphonso in 1911, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Alphonso
- 736 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #4,707)
- 432 spots since 2020 (#4,275 → #4,707)
- 412 spots since 2015 (#4,295 → #4,707)
- Biggest jump: 238 spots in 1900 (#613 → #375)
- Biggest drop: 221 spots in 1901 (#375 → #596)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1900 at #375 (35 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 107 yrs · run 1896–1990
- Highest: 1 in 4,299 boys born in 1900 were named Alphonso (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 81,337 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 18.2% of all boys named Alphonso (2,768) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 54 | #609 (1888) | #723 |
| 1890s | 83 | #592 (1896) | #666 |
| 1900s | 206 | #375 (1900) | #520 |
| 1910s | 765 | #461 (1910) | #561 |
| 1920s | 1,120 | #553 (1921) | #593 |
| 1930s | 1,276 | #454 (1932) | #511 |
| 1940s | 1,648 | #442 (1949) | #492 |
| 1950s | 2,768 | #405 (1951) | #440 |
| 1960s | 2,488 | #444 (1962) | #497 |
| 1970s | 1,615 | #554 (1970) | #661 |
| 1980s | 1,295 | #724 (1986) | #797 |
| 1990s | 939 | #809 (1990) | #1,263 |
| 2000s | 508 | #1,768 (2000) | #2,317 |
| 2010s | 301 | #2,748 (2011) | #3,641 |
| 2020s | 121 | #4,275 (2020) | #4,835 |
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.
Alphonso in 1911
Top boys' names in 1911
More about 1911
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225,970 boys got a published name in 1911; 1 in 7,289 of them was named Alphonso, which outranked 73.3% of the 1,999 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).