Alfonse

Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239

Peak · boys
1911 · 15 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,392
since 1906

Alfonse over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Alfonse has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201909peak #856, 1911boys
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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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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023#12,2395
2022#10,8636
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998#7,5607
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993#5,7719
1992#6,1288
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986#5,3327
1985#6,5235
1984
1983#4,9077
1982#5,0037
1981#6,2625
1980#3,61511
1979
1978#4,5547
1977#3,60610
1976
1975#3,9418
1974
1973#3,01311
1972#3,15210
1971#4,3756
1970#3,5218
1969#2,68211
1968#3,1078
1967#3,5596
1966#3,2497
1965#2,27013
1964#2,54611
1963
1962#3,0418
1961#3,0978
1960#1,91018
1959#2,66310
1958#2,64210
1957#2,37512
1956#2,16814
1955#1,90217
1954#1,76219
1953#2,03815
1952#2,51410
1951#1,90416
1950#1,87916
1949#2,45310
1948#1,94315
1947#1,69620
1946#2,6908
1945#2,7437
1944#1,57419
1943#1,57720
1942#2,5239
1941#1,90314
1940#2,4789
1939#1,53219
1938#1,97613
1937#1,57619
1936#2,06212
1935#1,75716
1934#1,55120
1933#1,58619
1932#1,28628
1931#1,39425
1930#1,53323
1929#1,17335
1928#1,70720
1927#1,19836
1926#1,29631
1925#1,24633
1924#1,05845
1923#99249
1922#1,07243
1921#1,01148
1920#1,04544
1919#94950
1918#1,03542
1917#89251
1916#1,05837
1915#1,03738
1914#1,05429
1913#1,04923
1912#1,61910
1911#85615
1910
1909#1,0838
1908
1907#1,0947
1906#1,0047
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First appearance
1906

The first year at least five boys were named Alfonse! It came in at #1,004, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1908, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Alfonse
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 166 spots in 1917 (#1,058#892)
  • Biggest drop: 763 spots in 1912 (#856#1,619)
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1906
  • Peaked 1911 at #856 (15 births)
  • Births halved by 1945, 34 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1911–1923
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,065
  • Highest: 1 in 15,065 boys born in 1911 were named Alfonse (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 27.6% of all boys named Alfonse (384) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s22#1,004 (1906)#1,060
1910s295#856 (1911)#1,061
1920s384#992 (1923)#1,180
1930s194#1,286 (1932)#1,625
1940s131#1,574 (1944)#2,158
1950s139#1,762 (1954)#2,185
1960s90#1,910 (1960)#2,829
1970s60#3,013 (1973)#3,737
1980s42#3,615 (1980)#5,274
1990s24#5,771 (1993)#6,486
2000s0
2010s0
2020s11#10,863 (2022)#11,551

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.

Alfonse in 1909

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#1,083
8 births · 1 in 20,500 boys

Top boys' names in 1909

  1. #1John9,590
  2. #2William7,913
  3. #3James7,595
  4. #4George4,688
  5. #5Robert4,563
  6. #6Joseph4,348
  7. #7Charles4,029
  8. #8Frank3,244
  9. #9Edward2,935
  10. #10Thomas2,468
  11. #1,083Alfonse8
More about 1909

boys

163,996 boys got a published name in 1909; 1 in 20,500 of them was named Alfonse, which outranked 35.5% of the 1,679 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alfonse
  1. #1,020Verner9
  2. #1,020Vidal9
  3. #1,020Werner9
  4. #1,083Alfonse8
  5. #1,083Arden8
  6. #1,083Arlo8
  7. #1,083Arno8
  8. #1,155Adolf7
  9. #1,155Adron7
  10. #1,155Anastacio7

Tied with 71 names at #1,083; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. 783Toney#1,373#590
  2. 720Cicero#1,373#653
  3. 538Alfonzo#1,217#679
  4. 533Bessie#1,373#840
  5. 533Ezell#1,373#840
Fallers
  1. 874Tracy#566#1,440
  2. 808Jonah#632#1,440
  3. 808Lew#632#1,440
  4. 783Blair#657#1,440
  5. 728Perley#712#1,440

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

See the top 100 for 1909