Alonza

Last seen for girls in 2001 at #13,521 · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1886 · 15 births
Debut · boys
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,315
since 1880

Alonza over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Alonza has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201945peak #470, 1886boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022#12,3305
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014#12,1085
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009#8,9858
2008
2007#8,1739
2006#12,0555
2005#9,1157
2004#9,9486
2003#10,8945
2002#10,6675
2001#13,5216#6,01311
2000#5,92011
1999#6,04210
1998#4,65014
1997#7,2817
1996#5,53510
1995#5,50110
1994#6,3728
1993#3,66117
1992#5,23610
1991#4,00514
1990#3,16619
1989#3,32517
1988#2,59922
1987#2,83818
1986#2,36023
1985#2,11626
1984#2,95615
1983#2,78716
1982#2,83116
1981#2,20423
1980#1,61936
1979#2,56818
1978#1,91326
1977#2,20221
1976#1,93225
1975#1,70429
1974#1,69228
1973#1,51432
1972#1,36438
1971#1,86223
1970#1,35138
1969#1,26539
1968#1,42830
1967#1,28734
1966#1,25936
1965#1,20640
1964#1,18942
1963#1,08150
1962#1,05652
1961#1,00160
1960#1,22941
1959#1,05054
1958#1,18642
1957#1,10048
1956#1,17142
1955#1,00256
1954#1,04551
1953#1,13942
1952#1,11143
1951#91559
1950#92655
1949#1,14438
1948#1,02347
1947#1,13641
1946#98047
1945#1,27027
1944#1,07038
1943#1,15535
1942#1,03642
1941#1,20930
1940#1,20831
1939#97642
1938#1,17131
1937#1,18031
1936#1,20530
1935#1,19431
1934#1,13334
1933#94644
1932#96346
1931#1,33327
1930#1,03744
1929#1,02644
1928#1,12539
1927#1,32231
1926#1,05044
1925#1,10840
1924#1,16938
1923#97650
1922#1,22235
1921#1,08642
1920#1,04544
1919#1,12238
1918#1,03542
1917#1,26429
1916#1,04338
1915#1,10034
1914#1,12726
1913#1,04923
1912#1,13717
1911#89614
1910#67719
1909#80413
1908#74413
1907#77812
1906#70912
1905#78610
1904#9667
1903#7839
1902#9337
1901#59612
1900#1,1626
1899#8577
1898#70110
1897#7259
1896#72210
1895#8727
1894#66810
1893#47915
1892#64111
1891#8416
1890#9945
1889#6739
1888#60911
1887#58310
1886#47015
1885#7008
1884#7647
1883#6449
1882#61110
1881#56310
1880#60010
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Alonza was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2008, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Alonza
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
  • Biggest jump: 566 spots in 1901 (#1,162#596)
  • Biggest drop: 337 spots in 1902 (#596#933)
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1886 at #470 (15 births)
  • Births halved by 1890, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 38 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1880–1899
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,386
  • Highest: 1 in 7,386 boys born in 1886 were named Alonza (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 349,202 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 14.8% of all boys named Alonza (492) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s99#470 (1886)#622
1890s90#479 (1893)#750
1900s101#596 (1901)#826
1910s280#677 (1910)#1,045
1920s407#976 (1923)#1,113
1930s360#946 (1933)#1,114
1940s376#980 (1946)#1,123
1950s492#915 (1951)#1,065
1960s424#1,001 (1961)#1,200
1970s278#1,351 (1970)#1,810
1980s212#1,619 (1980)#2,564
1990s119#3,166 (1990)#5,145
2000s67#5,920 (2000)#9,086
2010s5#12,108 (2014)#12,108
2020s5#12,330 (2022)#12,330

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.

Alonza in 1945

boys
#1,270
27 births · 1 in 49,846 boys

Top boys' names in 1945

  1. #1James74,464
  2. #2Robert69,947
  3. #3John66,117
  4. #4William50,218
  5. #5Richard46,046
  6. #6David37,110
  7. #7Charles32,469
  8. #8Thomas31,874
  9. #9Michael29,902
  10. #10Ronald23,665
  11. #1,270Alonza27
More about 1945

boys

1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 49,846 of them was named Alonza, which outranked 66.4% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alonza
  1. #1,249Stafford28
  2. #1,249Valentine28
  3. #1,249Vester28
  4. #1,270Alonza27
  5. #1,270Brenda27
  6. #1,270Chet27
  7. #1,270Cody27
  8. #1,296Addison26
  9. #1,296Annie26
  10. #1,296Arlis26

Tied with 25 names at #1,270; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1944
Risers
  1. 527Delano#1,085#558
  2. 499Dane#1,235#736
  3. 385Eusebio#1,328#943
  4. 371Erick#1,235#864
  5. 311Gerardo#1,282#971
Fallers
  1. 479Joan#870#1,349
  2. 408Kit#841#1,249
  3. 392Llewellyn#935#1,327
  4. 361Valentine#888#1,249
  5. 321Hilario#906#1,227

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

See the top 100 for 1945