Alonzo

Last seen for girls in 1988 at #9,244 · #511 for boys in 2025, 590 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1880 · 122 births
Debut · boys
122 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
45,955
since 1880

Alonzo over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Alonzo has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201938peak #110, 1880boys
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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#511590
2024#512595
2023#535552
2022#471651
2021#515569
2020#477626
2019#469634
2018#476612
2017#522549
2016#565499
2015#527542
2014#528527
2013#500545
2012#568454
2011#558455
2010#581434
2009#612412
2008#543483
2007#588432
2006#559450
2005#537452
2004#547421
2003#533436
2002#523433
2001#559375
2000#516435
1999#519410
1998#526394
1997#479450
1996#507407
1995#477453
1994#465469
1993#494421
1992#506398
1991#476428
1990#476432
1989#455426
1988#9,2447#421460
1987#8,7787#441406
1986#10,9125#452371
1985#488315
1984#470321
1983#10,2755#466322
1982#7,4698#469325
1981#9,1106#473310
1980#8,1787#431363
1979#444334
1978#483282
1977#416360
1976#450301
1975#7,1737#432331
1974#8,7755#430336
1973#413357
1972#7,2926#411368
1971#6,6197#394418
1970#6,3627#402403
1969#385414
1968#397385
1967#371405
1966#389384
1965#5,2897#376422
1964#369449
1963#6,5925#370458
1962#336538
1961#4,8828#366476
1960#6,3905#367464
1959#5,0317#375443
1958#5,4086#362454
1957#6,0865#400377
1956#5,3256#360418
1955#4,3768#354415
1954#5,7535#366375
1953#348396
1952#364341
1951#348383
1950#353364
1949#390297
1948#5,2435#360350
1947#396300
1946#400259
1945#408219
1944#396235
1943#378263
1942#387245
1941#384223
1940#357256
1939#352249
1938#368233
1937#358226
1936#380207
1935#354240
1934#345253
1933#335252
1932#333271
1931#368235
1930#340268
1929#4,5705#372239
1928#350265
1927#4,8055#338287
1926#335298
1925#336295
1924#310340
1923#327319
1922#321320
1921#335315
1920#332308
1919#309321
1918#336287
1917#319286
1916#315274
1915#318267
1914#318204
1913#293184
1912#263177
1911#223128
1910#25490
1909#22395
1908#28757
1907#22482
1906#20585
1905#19093
1904#21176
1903#24856
1902#19981
1901#20867
1900#182116
1899#18078
1898#161104
1897#18184
1896#18289
1895#18585
1894#150102
1893#20171
1892#154104
1891#17574
1890#16188
1889#141102
1888#139110
1887#14488
1886#128106
1885#130104
1884#128112
1883#123100
1882#111133
1881#110111
1880#110122
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Alonzo was already there! It came in at #110, and was given to 122 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1901–1904, when fewer than 82 boys a year got the name.

Where Alonzo is popular in 1938

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedMNIllinois: #337 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 5,706 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedWIMichigan: #354 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 6,329 boysMINew York: #412 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 9,806 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedINOhio: #312 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 5,272 boysOHPennsylvania: #447 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 12,701 boysPANew Jersey: #228 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,639 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedMOKentucky: #304 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,108 boysKYWest Virginia: #331 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,834 boysWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedKSArkansas: #255 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,022 boysARTennessee: #270 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,681 boysTNNorth Carolina: #266 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 2,232 boysNCSouth Carolina: #257 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,424 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #323 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,674 boysLAMississippi: #217 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,532 boysMSAlabama: #262 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,292 boysALGeorgia: #197 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,479 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Alonzo, so not publishedHITexas: #324 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 2,465 boysTXFlorida: #292 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,764 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Georgia#197 · 1 in 1,479
  2. Mississippi#217 · 1 in 1,532
  3. New Jersey#228 · 1 in 3,639
  4. Arkansas#255 · 1 in 2,022
  5. South Carolina#257 · 1 in 2,424

Best ever in a state: #72 in West Virginia, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Georgia#197201 in 1,479
Mississippi#217141 in 1,532
New Jersey#22871 in 3,639
Arkansas#25591 in 2,022
South Carolina#25781 in 2,424
Alabama#262121 in 2,292
North Carolina#266161 in 2,232
Tennessee#270101 in 2,681
Florida#29251 in 2,764
Kentucky#30491 in 3,108
Ohio#312101 in 5,272
Louisiana#32381 in 2,674
Texas#324241 in 2,465
West Virginia#33151 in 3,834
Illinois#337101 in 5,706
Michigan#35471 in 6,329
New York#41291 in 9,806
Pennsylvania#44761 in 12,701
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Alonzo
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#512#511)
  • 34 spots since 2020 (#477#511)
  • 16 spots since 2015 (#527#511)
  • Biggest jump: 68 spots in 2013 (#568#500)
  • Biggest drop: 69 spots in 2009 (#543#612)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #110 (122 births)
  • Births halved by 1903, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 855
  • Highest: 1 in 855 boys born in 1882 were named Alonzo (0.12%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,895 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
  • Its best rank, #110 in 1880, was only 1 in 906 (0.11%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 11.4% of all boys named Alonzo (5,251) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,088#110 (1880)#126
1890s879#150 (1894)#173
1900s808#182 (1900)#218
1910s2,218#223 (1911)#295
1920s2,986#310 (1924)#336
1930s2,434#333 (1932)#353
1940s2,647#357 (1940)#386
1950s3,966#348 (1953)#363
1960s4,395#336 (1962)#373
1970s3,490#394 (1971)#428
1980s3,619#421 (1988)#457
1990s4,262#465 (1994)#493
2000s4,329#516 (2000)#552
2010s5,251#469 (2019)#529
2020s3,583#471 (2022)#504

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.

Alonzo in 1938

boys
#368
233 births · 1 in 4,760 boys

Top boys' names in 1938

  1. #1Robert62,271
  2. #2James59,102
  3. #3John50,517
  4. #4William42,433
  5. #5Richard34,385
  6. #6Charles31,151
  7. #7Donald26,677
  8. #8David22,994
  9. #9Thomas21,381
  10. #10Ronald20,295
  11. #368Alonzo233
More about 1938

boys

1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 4,760 of them was named Alonzo, which outranked 90.9% 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).

Ranked beside Alonzo
  1. #363Thurman235
  2. #363Wiley235
  3. #367Dominick234
  4. #368Alonzo233
  5. #368Irwin233
  6. #370Dominic232
  7. #371Millard231
  8. #371Will231

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. 1,314Dion#2,197#883
  2. 448Tex#1,212#764
  3. 425Lonny#1,233#808
  4. 401Gonzalo#1,180#779
  5. 383Lance#722#339
Fallers
  1. 741Worth#1,000#1,741
  2. 528Estel#869#1,397
  3. 492Milburn#845#1,337
  4. 412Lonzo#835#1,247
  5. 405Joy#932#1,337

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

See the top 100 for 1938