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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #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.

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 1956

girls
#5,325
6 births · 1 in 334,617 girls
boys
#360
418 births · 1 in 5,061 boys

Top girls' names in 1956

  1. #1Mary61,741
  2. #2Debra48,324
  3. #3Linda48,084
  4. #4Deborah47,834
  5. #5Susan46,558
  6. #6Patricia43,329
  7. #7Karen40,052
  8. #8Cynthia32,339
  9. #9Barbara32,302
  10. #10Donna29,852
  11. #5,325Alonzo6

Top boys' names in 1956

  1. #1Michael90,691
  2. #2James84,897
  3. #3Robert83,924
  4. #4David81,652
  5. #5John80,804
  6. #6William58,991
  7. #7Richard52,915
  8. #8Mark48,828
  9. #9Thomas44,836
  10. #10Steven38,413
  11. #360Alonzo418
More about 1956

girls

2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 334,617 of them was named Alonzo, which outranked 22.7% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alonzo
  1. #4,837Zane7
  2. #4,837Zanetta7
  3. #4,837Zeola7
  4. #5,325Alonzo6
  5. #5,325Adda6
  6. #5,325Al6
  7. #5,325Alacia6
  8. #5,952Adelene5
  9. #5,952Adelmira5
  10. #5,952Adlene5

Tied with 626 names at #5,325; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 993Sheena#1,839#846
  2. 770Glendora#1,733#963
  3. 684Leesa#1,209#525
  4. 543Marisa#1,074#531
  5. 537Dani#1,383#846
Fallers
  1. 513Sheilah#663#1,176
  2. 481Jeryl#768#1,249
  3. 344Jacalyn#496#840
  4. 325Roni#536#861
  5. 314Florine#984#1,298

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

boys

2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 5,061 of them was named Alonzo, which outranked 91.9% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alonzo
  1. #357Freddy426
  2. #358Alfredo422
  3. #359Ellis419
  4. #360Alonzo418
  5. #360Pat418
  6. #362Elvis417
  7. #363Sheldon414
  8. #364Dallas411

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

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 1,847Jace#2,764#917
  2. 678Rich#1,572#894
  3. 590Broderick#1,273#683
  4. 559Elvis#921#362
  5. 513Tracey#1,419#906
Fallers
  1. 351Adolphus#906#1,257
  2. 336Randolf#949#1,285
  3. 279Cordell#792#1,071
  4. 272Rudolfo#885#1,157
  5. 269Aurelio#949#1,218

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

See the top 100 for 1956