Alfonza

Last seen for boys in 2000 at #10,349

Peak · boys
1945 · 36 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,714
since 1911

Alfonza over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Alfonza has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201947peak #1,078, 1945boys
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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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2000#10,3495
1999#9,9125
1998#6,3149
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1995#8,8685
1994#6,3728
1993#5,00211
1992#6,6707
1991#6,5197
1990#4,40712
1989#3,80914
1988#4,45010
1987#3,33914
1986#3,88211
1985#6,5235
1984#2,61318
1983#3,63011
1982#4,5938
1981#2,77916
1980#2,61718
1979#4,0689
1978#2,37519
1977#2,06323
1976#2,32919
1975#3,24611
1974#2,35817
1973#2,31117
1972#2,65913
1971#1,86223
1970#1,61528
1969#1,72823
1968#2,03016
1967#1,80919
1966#1,65022
1965#1,66922
1964#1,65523
1963#1,45529
1962#1,45429
1961#1,57026
1960#1,27338
1959#1,43930
1958#1,17243
1957#1,11747
1956#1,44329
1955#1,18140
1954#1,16941
1953#1,10244
1952#1,43028
1951#1,21836
1950#1,20336
1949#1,38028
1948#1,07943
1947#1,31631
1946#1,32728
1945#1,07836
1944#1,32825
1943#1,46123
1942#1,62919
1941#1,48521
1940#1,31126
1939#1,48920
1938#1,81815
1937#1,57619
1936#1,32625
1935#1,83715
1934#1,18931
1933#1,49821
1932#1,50922
1931#1,69318
1930#1,64420
1929#1,73119
1928#1,64721
1927#2,52311
1926#1,98116
1925#2,31313
1924#2,64111
1923#2,33113
1922#2,04016
1921#1,90418
1920#2,13115
1919#2,26513
1918#2,69910
1917#2,7329
1916#1,84916
1915#2,8298
1914#2,9156
1913#1,67611
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First appearance
1911

The first year at least five boys were named Alfonza! It came in at #1,290, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1912, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Alfonza is popular in 1947

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #528 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,877 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedMSAlabama: #406 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,705 boysALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Alfonza, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alabama#406 · 1 in 5,705
  2. North Carolina#528 · 1 in 8,877

Best ever in a state: #304 in North Carolina, 1950.

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See more about Alfonza
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
Rise & fade · boys
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1911
  • Peaked 1945 at #1,078 (36 births)
  • Births halved by 1968, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 28,246
  • Highest: 1 in 28,246 boys born in 1911 were named Alfonza (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 392,800 boys born in 2000 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,078 in 1945, was only 1 in 37,385 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 21.8% of all boys named Alfonza (374) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s81#1,290 (1911)#2,282
1920s153#1,647 (1928)#2,124
1930s206#1,189 (1934)#1,558
1940s280#1,078 (1945)#1,339
1950s374#1,102 (1953)#1,247
1960s247#1,273 (1960)#1,629
1970s179#1,615 (1970)#2,489
1980s125#2,613 (1984)#3,824
1990s64#4,407 (1990)#6,758
2000s5#10,349 (2000)#10,349

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.

Alfonza in 1947

boys
#1,316
31 births · 1 in 59,019 boys

Top boys' names in 1947

  1. #1James94,767
  2. #2Robert91,655
  3. #3John88,324
  4. #4William67,002
  5. #5Richard58,532
  6. #6David57,810
  7. #7Michael50,506
  8. #8Thomas44,842
  9. #9Charles40,781
  10. #10Larry34,946
  11. #1,316Alfonza31
More about 1947

boys

1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 59,019 of them was named Alfonza, which outranked 69.2% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alfonza
  1. #1,297Lennis32
  2. #1,297Paris32
  3. #1,297Reece32
  4. #1,316Alfonza31
  5. #1,316Anastacio31
  6. #1,316Ardell31
  7. #1,316Arnie31
  8. #1,336Amado30
  9. #1,336Arvel30
  10. #1,336Claudio30

Tied with 19 names at #1,316; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,271Brock#2,271 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 586Shawn#1,509 → #923
  3. ↑ 500Jed#1,475 → #975
  4. ↑ 358Jody#935 → #577
  5. ↑ 355Deryl#1,355 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 497Hurley#952 → #1,449
  2. ↓ 393Prentice#878 → #1,271
  3. ↓ 362Darvin#935 → #1,297
  4. ↓ 310Lary#826 → #1,136
  5. ↓ 303Judith#856 → #1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1947 →