Alphonso

Last seen for girls in 1987 at #11,325 · #4,707 for boys in 2025, 21 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
#375
1900 · 35 births
Debut · boys
1880
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
15,187
since 1880

Alphonso over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Alphonso has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201976peak #375, 1900boys
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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—#4,70721
2024—#5,44317
2023—#4,45623
2022—#5,01919
2021—#5,11018
2020—#4,27523
2019—#4,48022
2018—#3,99326
2017—#3,37833
2016—#3,52431
2015—#4,29523
2014—#3,69328
2013—#3,86426
2012—#3,05937
2011—#2,74843
2010—#3,37732
2009—#3,10537
2008—#2,63247
2007—#2,76543
2006—#2,34853
2005—#2,32550
2004—#2,13155
2003—#2,10253
2002—#1,94357
2001—#2,05051
2000—#1,76862
1999—#1,77856
1998—#1,47575
1997—#1,51968
1996—#1,31483
1995—#1,45667
1994—#1,21190
1993—#1,055110
1992—#979122
1991—#1,030110
1990—#809158
1989—#810149
1988—#836129
1987#11,3255#836124
1986—#724156
1985—#736144
1984—#763129
1983—#821113
1982—#853108
1981—#780125
1980—#808118
1979—#768127
1978—#767122
1977—#751129
1976#9,2845#739127
1975—#664155
1974—#577193
1973—#620162
1972—#580188
1971—#587196
1970—#554216
1969—#540211
1968—#522212
1967—#509218
1966—#499229
1965—#513220
1964—#509236
1963#6,5925#498259
1962—#444319
1961—#469300
1960#5,6966#470284
1959—#460299
1958—#478271
1957—#453289
1956—#436299
1955—#417309
1954—#432279
1953—#432269
1952—#434261
1951—#405283
1950—#457209
1949—#442230
1948—#468202
1947—#471203
1946—#469186
1945—#515136
1944—#551120
1943—#524143
1942—#512142
1941—#485146
1940—#487140
1939—#511123
1938—#499136
1937—#523122
1936—#552107
1935—#486136
1934—#523125
1933—#506123
1932—#454156
1931—#532119
1930#4,0476#526129
1929—#557112
1928—#578114
1927—#562120
1926—#580114
1925—#554124
1924—#65796
1923—#582116
1922—#617109
1921—#553128
1920—#68787
1919—#545120
1918—#611101
1917—#60397
1916—#574100
1915—#63284
1914—#58573
1913—#59255
1912—#47069
1911—#53331
1910—#46135
1909—#57421
1908—#54122
1907—#54020
1906—#42427
1905—#52519
1904—#46621
1903—#57615
1902—#58314
1901—#59612
1900—#37535
1899—#61311
1898—#66311
1897—#61512
1896—#59213
1895——
1894—#59412
1893——
1892—#7489
1891—#7667
1890—#7398
1889——
1888—#60911
1887——
1886—#6479
1885——
1884—#7018
1883—#7996
1882—#6918
1881—#7067
1880—#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Alphonso was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Alphonso
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 736 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #4,707)
  • 432 spots since 2020 (#4,275 → #4,707)
  • 412 spots since 2015 (#4,295 → #4,707)
  • Biggest jump: 238 spots in 1900 (#613 → #375)
  • Biggest drop: 221 spots in 1901 (#375 → #596)
Rise & fade · boys
20 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1900 at #375 (35 births)
  • Births halved by 1901, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 107 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 107 yrs · run 1896–1990
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,299
  • Highest: 1 in 4,299 boys born in 1900 were named Alphonso (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 81,337 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 18.2% of all boys named Alphonso (2,768) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s54#609 (1888)#723
1890s83#592 (1896)#666
1900s206#375 (1900)#520
1910s765#461 (1910)#561
1920s1,120#553 (1921)#593
1930s1,276#454 (1932)#511
1940s1,648#442 (1949)#492
1950s2,768#405 (1951)#440
1960s2,488#444 (1962)#497
1970s1,615#554 (1970)#661
1980s1,295#724 (1986)#797
1990s939#809 (1990)#1,263
2000s508#1,768 (2000)#2,317
2010s301#2,748 (2011)#3,641
2020s121#4,275 (2020)#4,835

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.

Alphonso in 1976

girls
#9,284
5 births · 1 in 293,020 girls
boys
#739
127 births · 1 in 12,354 boys

Top girls' names in 1976

  1. #1Jennifer59,473
  2. #2Amy31,339
  3. #3Melissa25,094
  4. #4Heather24,192
  5. #5Angela22,038
  6. #6Michelle19,550
  7. #7Kimberly18,962
  8. #8Jessica18,368
  9. #9Lisa17,346
  10. #10Amanda15,588
  11. #9,284Alphonso5

Top boys' names in 1976

  1. #1Michael66,915
  2. #2Jason52,643
  3. #3Christopher45,190
  4. #4David39,265
  5. #5James38,294
  6. #6John33,976
  7. #7Robert33,789
  8. #8Brian30,517
  9. #9Matthew29,951
  10. #10Daniel24,702
  11. #739Alphonso127
More about 1976

girls

1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 293,020 of them was named Alphonso, which outranked 14.9% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alphonso
  1. #8,156Zanobia6
  2. #8,156Zayda6
  3. #8,156Zola6
  4. #9,284Alphonso5
  5. #9,284Aaren5
  6. #9,284Abeer5
  7. #9,284Abi5

Tied with 1,629 names at #9,284; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,548Rhiannon#4,141 → #593
  2. ↑ 3,533Mackenzie#4,370 → #837
  3. ↑ 3,060Khalilah#3,774 → #714
  4. ↑ 1,663Kenisha#2,612 → #949
  5. ↑ 1,455Latoria#2,411 → #956
Fallers
  1. ↓ 821Nyree#926 → #1,747
  2. ↓ 668Syreeta#778 → #1,446
  3. ↓ 505Cher#994 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 398Kandice#957 → #1,355
  5. ↓ 370Racquel#973 → #1,343

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

boys

1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 12,354 of them was named Alphonso, which outranked 88.6% of the 6,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alphonso
  1. #734Sedrick129
  2. #737Jovan128
  3. #737Keenan128
  4. #739Alphonso127
  5. #739Osvaldo127
  6. #739Vaughn127
  7. #742Daron126
  8. #742Theron126
  9. #744Cleveland125

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

Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,506Seneca#4,309 → #803
  2. ↑ 1,165Jameel#2,134 → #969
  3. ↑ 712Delvin#1,658 → #946
  4. ↑ 567Jerimy#1,530 → #963
  5. ↑ 510Jamaal#1,042 → #532
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,113Santino#1,000 → #2,113
  2. ↓ 511Carnell#900 → #1,411
  3. ↓ 453Nakia#337 → #790
  4. ↓ 395Charlton#938 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 376Benjiman#970 → #1,346

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

See the top 100 for 1976 →