Alphonse

#2,516 for boys in 2025, 53 births

Peak · boys
#277
1913 · 197 births
Debut · boys
1880
20 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
10,590
since 1880

Alphonse over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201927peak #277, 1913boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#2,51653
2024#2,41857
2023#2,61450
2022#2,49355
2021#2,52352
2020#2,41954
2019#3,71629
2018#3,24035
2017#3,12337
2016#2,72644
2015#4,29523
2014#3,89126
2013#4,46321
2012#5,48216
2011#4,65920
2010#6,03614
2009#5,55416
2008#5,48716
2007#5,43416
2006#6,90411
2005#5,57814
2004#6,52011
2003#4,61617
2002#4,50217
2001#5,66712
2000#3,76421
1999#4,34116
1998#3,84918
1997#3,87717
1996#3,83017
1995#3,19121
1994#2,68527
1993#3,14121
1992#2,53228
1991#2,60626
1990#2,30830
1989#2,61524
1988#3,20316
1987#3,73112
1986#1,87332
1985#2,22624
1984#2,52919
1983#2,57718
1982#1,65436
1981#1,94228
1980#1,85230
1979#2,56818
1978#2,13422
1977#1,64533
1976#1,54135
1975#1,37840
1974#1,65929
1973#1,65328
1972#1,47333
1971#1,33040
1970#1,69926
1969#1,35135
1968#1,33933
1967#1,16541
1966#1,07347
1965#1,10645
1964#92168
1963#98459
1962#1,06951
1961#96763
1960#1,04554
1959#95065
1958#91568
1957#90870
1956#82282
1955#83677
1954#90866
1953#82576
1952#74689
1951#76384
1950#75583
1949#69297
1948#73783
1947#71193
1946#70485
1945#68478
1944#65889
1943#66892
1942#606108
1941#525129
1940#591100
1939#569101
1938#559108
1937#63186
1936#518119
1935#543113
1934#490137
1933#543110
1932#474147
1931#396201
1930#469159
1929#428191
1928#396226
1927#431197
1926#399221
1925#359271
1924#378249
1923#351282
1922#347289
1921#364274
1920#320329
1919#304324
1918#288357
1917#296316
1916#294306
1915#290297
1914#280250
1913#277197
1912#302142
1911#29581
1910#32956
1909#30756
1908#31648
1907#40531
1906#32340
1905#43025
1904#33536
1903#43022
1902#33733
1901#33429
1900#43027
1899#43818
1898#34531
1897#40422
1896#38026
1895#38325
1894#43919
1893#40120
1892#40422
1891#42717
1890#42418
1889#44617
1888#41620
1887#39218
1886#45116
1885#34425
1884#39920
1883#47914
1882#45316
1881#50312
1880#38120
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Alphonse was already there! It came in at #381, and was given to 20 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 2004–2010, when fewer than 17 boys a year got the name.

See more about Alphonse
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 98 spots since 2024 (#2,418 → #2,516)
  • 97 spots since 2020 (#2,419 → #2,516)
  • 1,779 spots since 2015 (#4,295 → #2,516)
  • Biggest jump: 107 spots in 1906 (#430 → #323)
  • Biggest drop: 185 spots in 1965 (#921 → #1,106)
Rise & fade · boys
33 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1913 at #277 (197 births)
  • Births halved by 1937, 24 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 83 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 83 yrs · run 1880–1959
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,602
  • Highest: 1 in 2,602 boys born in 1913 were named Alphonse (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 32,228 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 23.9% of all boys named Alphonse (2,529) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s178#344 (1885)#426
1890s218#345 (1898)#405
1900s347#307 (1909)#365
1910s2,326#277 (1913)#296
1920s2,529#320 (1920)#377
1930s1,281#396 (1931)#519
1940s954#525 (1941)#658
1950s760#746 (1952)#843
1960s496#921 (1964)#1,102
1970s304#1,330 (1971)#1,708
1980s239#1,654 (1982)#2,420
1990s221#2,308 (1990)#3,236
2000s151#3,764 (2000)#5,403
2010s265#2,726 (2016)#4,163
2020s321#2,418 (2024)#2,497

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.

Alphonse in 1927

boys
#431
197 births · 1 in 5,720 boys

Top boys' names in 1927

  1. #1Robert61,674
  2. #2John55,949
  3. #3James53,674
  4. #4William51,476
  5. #5Charles31,941
  6. #6Richard26,768
  7. #7George25,949
  8. #8Donald23,834
  9. #9Joseph23,503
  10. #10Edward19,115
  11. #431Alphonse197
More about 1927

boys

1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 5,720 of them was named Alphonse, which outranked 91.0% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alphonse
  1. #428Miguel201
  2. #428Rafael201
  3. #430Jackson199
  4. #431Alphonse197
  5. #432Royal196
  6. #433Lenard195
  7. #433Normand195
Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,863Lindbergh#2,436 → #573
  2. ↑ 966Lindy#1,353 → #387
  3. ↑ 601Sonny#1,565 → #964
  4. ↑ 467Akira#1,404 → #937
  5. ↑ 442Maria#1,432 → #990
Fallers
  1. ↓ 684Minoru#963 → #1,647
  2. ↓ 611Reno#825 → #1,436
  3. ↓ 406Hurley#916 → #1,322
  4. ↓ 356Adelbert#842 → #1,198
  5. ↓ 330Gardner#963 → #1,293

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

See the top 100 for 1927 →