Alphonza
Last seen for boys in 1982 at #4,593
- Peak · boys
- 1948 · 25 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 508since 1916
Alphonza over time
Rank among boys' names. Alphonza has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1982 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #2,366 | 12 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #2,070 | 16 |
| 1960 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #2,663 | 10 |
| 1958 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1957 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1954 | #1,887 | 17 |
| 1953 | #1,836 | 18 |
| 1952 | #2,153 | 13 |
| 1951 | #1,904 | 16 |
| 1950 | #2,111 | 13 |
| 1949 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #1,460 | 25 |
| 1947 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #1,884 | 15 |
| 1945 | #1,697 | 16 |
| 1944 | #2,309 | 10 |
| 1943 | #2,405 | 10 |
| 1942 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #1,903 | 14 |
| 1940 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #2,449 | 9 |
| 1938 | #1,741 | 16 |
| 1937 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #2,246 | 11 |
| 1934 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | #3,247 | 7 |
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| 1926 | #4,201 | 5 |
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| 1922 | #4,307 | 5 |
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| 1919 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #3,728 | 6 |
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| 1916 | #3,897 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Alphonza! It came in at #3,897, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1917, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Alphonza is popular in 1938
No state had 5 or more boys named Alphonza in 1938, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Alphonza
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1982
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1948 at #1,460 (25 births)
- Births halved by 1949, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 69,322 boys born in 1938 were named Alphonza (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 226,806 boys born in 1982 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,460 in 1948, was only 1 in 70,185 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 26.4% of all boys named Alphonza (134) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 18 | #3,391 (1919) | #3,672 |
| 1920s | 17 | #3,247 (1929) | #3,918 |
| 1930s | 88 | #1,741 (1938) | #2,748 |
| 1940s | 120 | #1,460 (1948) | #2,343 |
| 1950s | 134 | #1,836 (1953) | #2,233 |
| 1960s | 75 | #2,070 (1961) | #3,003 |
| 1970s | 43 | #3,370 (1971) | #4,747 |
| 1980s | 13 | #4,593 (1982) | #5,422 |
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.
Alphonza in 1938
Top boys' names in 1938
More about 1938
boys
1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 69,322 of them was named Alphonza, which outranked 56.9% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,689Tyree17
- #1,689Vinson17
- #1,689Wheeler17
- #1,741Alphonza16
- #1,741Aldon16
- #1,741Alferd16
- #1,741Arlington16
- #1,818Abie15
- #1,818Ace15
- #1,818Adrain15
Tied with 76 names at #1,741; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.