Alfonso

Last seen for girls in 1991 at #11,509 · #1,012 for boys in 2025, 223 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1929 · 356 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
41,464
since 1881

Alfonso over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Alfonso has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201929peak #294, 1929boys
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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#1,012223
2024#922251
2023#977224
2022#920252
2021#871265
2020#1,007209
2019#942229
2018#915235
2017#811279
2016#927229
2015#796293
2014#849263
2013#787286
2012#797283
2011#795279
2010#746304
2009#649382
2008#588430
2007#521499
2006#550457
2005#534455
2004#523458
2003#521455
2002#493468
2001#521428
2000#490476
1999#464490
1998#464485
1997#441506
1996#440508
1995#454495
1994#430530
1993#421544
1992#418532
1991#11,5096#395574
1990#422537
1989#419496
1988#394502
1987#8,7787#417437
1986#10,9125#378488
1985#395458
1984#413399
1983#395420
1982#10,5175#392429
1981#375460
1980#10,3925#381448
1979#385441
1978#9,7505#380415
1977#388412
1976#395382
1975#374433
1974#389396
1973#7,4356#369427
1972#5,4809#399385
1971#395416
1970#7,0706#396408
1969#416363
1968#7,0165#408358
1967#6,8045#385381
1966#391366
1965#401384
1964#407389
1963#403399
1962#5,8606#426353
1961#397399
1960#406383
1959#401392
1958#397385
1957#379415
1956#388373
1955#368387
1954#353412
1953#349393
1952#5,5635#362352
1951#4,8336#366354
1950#358356
1949#5,2445#358352
1948#4,2057#345380
1947#365354
1946#377299
1945#373261
1944#364274
1943#373269
1942#374264
1941#361262
1940#345272
1939#329282
1938#325291
1937#331270
1936#318287
1935#336265
1934#329271
1933#323277
1932#307323
1931#3,8486#298347
1930#4,5505#295373
1929#4,5705#294356
1928#303335
1927#311340
1926#313326
1925#313331
1924#305353
1923#306343
1922#4,4456#334305
1921#329321
1920#348284
1919#394220
1918#390237
1917#372228
1916#378212
1915#396184
1914#384152
1913#325156
1912#329131
1911#32869
1910#31860
1909#30257
1908#36539
1907#32842
1906#39430
1905#33736
1904#36031
1903#43022
1902#42623
1901#39423
1900#37535
1899#61311
1898#47319
1897#55614
1896#55114
1895#68510
1894#8577
1893#7688
1892#68810
1891#59710
1890#9945
1889#7897
1888#8157
1887
1886#6948
1885
1884
1883#6449
1882#8376
1881#7816
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Alfonso! It came in at #781, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Alfonso
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 90 spots since 2024 (#922#1,012)
  • 5 spots since 2020 (#1,007#1,012)
  • 216 spots since 2015 (#796#1,012)
  • Biggest jump: 397 spots in 1891 (#994#597)
  • Biggest drop: 205 spots in 1890 (#789#994)
Rise & fade · boys
48 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1929 at #294 (356 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 140 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 140 yrs · run 1888–2019
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,877
  • Highest: 1 in 2,877 boys born in 1909 were named Alfonso (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,660 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #294 in 1929, was only 1 in 3,021 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 12.5% of all boys named Alfonso (5,201) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s43#644 (1883)#760
1890s108#473 (1898)#678
1900s338#302 (1909)#371
1910s1,649#318 (1910)#361
1920s3,294#294 (1929)#316
1930s2,986#295 (1930)#319
1940s2,987#345 (1948)#364
1950s3,819#349 (1953)#372
1960s3,775#385 (1967)#404
1970s4,115#369 (1973)#387
1980s4,537#375 (1981)#396
1990s5,201#395 (1991)#435
2000s4,508#490 (2000)#539
2010s2,680#746 (2010)#837
2020s1,424#871 (2021)#952

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.

Alfonso in 1929

girls
#4,570
5 births · 1 in 223,312 girls
boys
#294
356 births · 1 in 3,021 boys

Top girls' names in 1929

  1. #1Mary63,512
  2. #2Betty36,675
  3. #3Dorothy31,476
  4. #4Helen20,983
  5. #5Margaret19,212
  6. #6Doris16,498
  7. #7Barbara16,038
  8. #8Ruth16,021
  9. #9Shirley14,576
  10. #10Patricia13,624
  11. #4,570Alfonso5

Top boys' names in 1929

  1. #1Robert59,807
  2. #2James52,135
  3. #3John52,112
  4. #4William47,815
  5. #5Charles29,930
  6. #6Richard29,572
  7. #7Donald27,181
  8. #8George23,020
  9. #9Joseph21,165
  10. #10Edward17,220
  11. #294Alfonso356
More about 1929

girls

1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 223,312 of them was named Alfonso, which outranked 13.4% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alfonso
  1. #4,053Zillah6
  2. #4,053Zollie6
  3. #4,053Zorka6
  4. #4,570Alfonso5
  5. #4,570Adabelle5
  6. #4,570Adelyne5
  7. #4,570Adonna5

Tied with 707 names at #4,570; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 1,951Dorla#2,623#672
  2. 797Ingrid#1,738#941
  3. 534Sydell#1,502#968
  4. 521Elenor#1,502#981
  5. 406Jeanine#888#482
Fallers
  1. 937Joline#888#1,825
  2. 259Mafalda#936#1,195
  3. 250Lorelei#994#1,244
  4. 249Ardelle#888#1,137
  5. 234Charmaine#420#654

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

boys

1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 3,021 of them was named Alfonso, which outranked 93.5% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alfonso
  1. #291Laverne368
  2. #292Austin363
  3. #292Pat363
  4. #294Alfonso356
  5. #295Buddy355
  6. #296Harlan354
  7. #296Roberto354
Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 2,188Davey#2,843#655
  2. 554Davie#1,413#859
  3. 374Derald#1,095#721
  4. 358Vernal#1,353#995
  5. 350Ken#1,228#878
Fallers
  1. 530Adolf#950#1,480
  2. 426Quinton#913#1,339
  3. 349Thornton#963#1,312
  4. 346Verlyn#891#1,237
  5. 346Isidore#891#1,237

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

See the top 100 for 1929