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

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Peak · boys
1900 · 35 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
15,187
since 1880

Alphonso over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Alphonso has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201914peak #375, 1900boys
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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—#4,70721
2024—#5,44317
2023—#4,45623
2022—#5,01919
2021—#5,11018
2020—#4,27523
2019—#4,48022
2018—#3,99326
2017—#3,37833
2016—#3,52431
2015—#4,29523
2014—#3,69328
2013—#3,86426
2012—#3,05937
2011—#2,74843
2010—#3,37732
2009—#3,10537
2008—#2,63247
2007—#2,76543
2006—#2,34853
2005—#2,32550
2004—#2,13155
2003—#2,10253
2002—#1,94357
2001—#2,05051
2000—#1,76862
1999—#1,77856
1998—#1,47575
1997—#1,51968
1996—#1,31483
1995—#1,45667
1994—#1,21190
1993—#1,055110
1992—#979122
1991—#1,030110
1990—#809158
1989—#810149
1988—#836129
1987#11,3255#836124
1986—#724156
1985—#736144
1984—#763129
1983—#821113
1982—#853108
1981—#780125
1980—#808118
1979—#768127
1978—#767122
1977—#751129
1976#9,2845#739127
1975—#664155
1974—#577193
1973—#620162
1972—#580188
1971—#587196
1970—#554216
1969—#540211
1968—#522212
1967—#509218
1966—#499229
1965—#513220
1964—#509236
1963#6,5925#498259
1962—#444319
1961—#469300
1960#5,6966#470284
1959—#460299
1958—#478271
1957—#453289
1956—#436299
1955—#417309
1954—#432279
1953—#432269
1952—#434261
1951—#405283
1950—#457209
1949—#442230
1948—#468202
1947—#471203
1946—#469186
1945—#515136
1944—#551120
1943—#524143
1942—#512142
1941—#485146
1940—#487140
1939—#511123
1938—#499136
1937—#523122
1936—#552107
1935—#486136
1934—#523125
1933—#506123
1932—#454156
1931—#532119
1930#4,0476#526129
1929—#557112
1928—#578114
1927—#562120
1926—#580114
1925—#554124
1924—#65796
1923—#582116
1922—#617109
1921—#553128
1920—#68787
1919—#545120
1918—#611101
1917—#60397
1916—#574100
1915—#63284
1914—#58573
1913—#59255
1912—#47069
1911—#53331
1910—#46135
1909—#57421
1908—#54122
1907—#54020
1906—#42427
1905—#52519
1904—#46621
1903—#57615
1902—#58314
1901—#59612
1900—#37535
1899—#61311
1898—#66311
1897—#61512
1896—#59213
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1883—#7996
1882—#6918
1881—#7067
1880—#9095
First appearance
1880

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 1914

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedMINew York: #435 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 9,074 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedMSAlabama: #257 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,963 boysALGeorgia: #362 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,500 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Alphonso, so not publishedTXFlorida: #150 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 798 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Florida#150 · 1 in 798
  2. Alabama#257 · 1 in 1,963
  3. Georgia#362 · 1 in 3,500
  4. New York#435 · 1 in 9,074

Best ever in a state: #108 in Florida, 1916.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Florida#15081 in 798
Alabama#25781 in 1,963
Georgia#36261 in 3,500
New York#43571 in 9,074
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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 Alphonso
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
20 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1900 at #375 (35 births)
  • Births halved by 1901, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 107 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 107 yrs · run 1896–1990
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,299
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 18.2% of all boys named Alphonso (2,768) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s54#609 (1888)#723
1890s83#592 (1896)#666
1900s206#375 (1900)#520
1910s765#461 (1910)#561
1920s1,120#553 (1921)#593
1930s1,276#454 (1932)#511
1940s1,648#442 (1949)#492
1950s2,768#405 (1951)#440
1960s2,488#444 (1962)#497
1970s1,615#554 (1970)#661
1980s1,295#724 (1986)#797
1990s939#809 (1990)#1,263
2000s508#1,768 (2000)#2,317
2010s301#2,748 (2011)#3,641
2020s121#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 1914

boys
#585
73 births · 1 in 8,969 boys

Top boys' names in 1914

  1. #1John37,947
  2. #2William29,753
  3. #3James26,262
  4. #4Robert21,188
  5. #5Joseph18,829
  6. #6George17,602
  7. #7Charles16,937
  8. #8Edward12,319
  9. #9Frank12,002
  10. #10Walter8,962
  11. #585Alphonso73
More about 1914

boys

654,762 boys got a published name in 1914; 1 in 8,969 of them was named Alphonso, which outranked 84.4% 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).

Ranked beside Alphonso
  1. #579Mortimer75
  2. #583Gustav74
  3. #583King74
  4. #585Alphonso73
  5. #585Asa73
  6. #585Garnett73
  7. #585Hans73
  8. #591Blaine72
  9. #591Casper72
  10. #591Elden72

Tied with 5 names at #585; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1913
Risers
  1. ↑ 817Gilmore#1,803 → #986
  2. ↑ 647Santos#1,580 → #933
  3. ↑ 546Lorenza#1,365 → #819
  4. ↑ 534Bobby#1,441 → #907
  5. ↑ 534Gino#1,441 → #907
Fallers
  1. ↓ 918Bernardo#950 → #1,868
  2. ↓ 692Eston#995 → #1,687
  3. ↓ 692Rolf#995 → #1,687
  4. ↓ 613Orson#995 → #1,608
  5. ↓ 458West#930 → #1,388

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

See the top 100 for 1914 →