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.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table

Year	girls		boys
	rank	births	rank	births
2025	—		#4,707	21
2024	—		#5,443	17
2023	—		#4,456	23
2022	—		#5,019	19
2021	—		#5,110	18
2020	—		#4,275	23
2019	—		#4,480	22
2018	—		#3,993	26
2017	—		#3,378	33
2016	—		#3,524	31
2015	—		#4,295	23
2014	—		#3,693	28
2013	—		#3,864	26
2012	—		#3,059	37
2011	—		#2,748	43
2010	—		#3,377	32
2009	—		#3,105	37
2008	—		#2,632	47
2007	—		#2,765	43
2006	—		#2,348	53
2005	—		#2,325	50
2004	—		#2,131	55
2003	—		#2,102	53
2002	—		#1,943	57
2001	—		#2,050	51
2000	—		#1,768	62
1999	—		#1,778	56
1998	—		#1,475	75
1997	—		#1,519	68
1996	—		#1,314	83
1995	—		#1,456	67
1994	—		#1,211	90
1993	—		#1,055	110
1992	—		#979	122
1991	—		#1,030	110
1990	—		#809	158
1989	—		#810	149
1988	—		#836	129
1987	#11,325	5	#836	124
1986	—		#724	156
1985	—		#736	144
1984	—		#763	129
1983	—		#821	113
1982	—		#853	108
1981	—		#780	125
1980	—		#808	118
1979	—		#768	127
1978	—		#767	122
1977	—		#751	129
1976	#9,284	5	#739	127
1975	—		#664	155
1974	—		#577	193
1973	—		#620	162
1972	—		#580	188
1971	—		#587	196
1970	—		#554	216
1969	—		#540	211
1968	—		#522	212
1967	—		#509	218
1966	—		#499	229
1965	—		#513	220
1964	—		#509	236
1963	#6,592	5	#498	259
1962	—		#444	319
1961	—		#469	300
1960	#5,696	6	#470	284
1959	—		#460	299
1958	—		#478	271
1957	—		#453	289
1956	—		#436	299
1955	—		#417	309
1954	—		#432	279
1953	—		#432	269
1952	—		#434	261
1951	—		#405	283
1950	—		#457	209
1949	—		#442	230
1948	—		#468	202
1947	—		#471	203
1946	—		#469	186
1945	—		#515	136
1944	—		#551	120
1943	—		#524	143
1942	—		#512	142
1941	—		#485	146
1940	—		#487	140
1939	—		#511	123
1938	—		#499	136
1937	—		#523	122
1936	—		#552	107
1935	—		#486	136
1934	—		#523	125
1933	—		#506	123
1932	—		#454	156
1931	—		#532	119
1930	#4,047	6	#526	129
1929	—		#557	112
1928	—		#578	114
1927	—		#562	120
1926	—		#580	114
1925	—		#554	124
1924	—		#657	96
1923	—		#582	116
1922	—		#617	109
1921	—		#553	128
1920	—		#687	87
1919	—		#545	120
1918	—		#611	101
1917	—		#603	97
1916	—		#574	100
1915	—		#632	84
1914	—		#585	73
1913	—		#592	55
1912	—		#470	69
1911	—		#533	31
1910	—		#461	35
1909	—		#574	21
1908	—		#541	22
1907	—		#540	20
1906	—		#424	27
1905	—		#525	19
1904	—		#466	21
1903	—		#576	15
1902	—		#583	14
1901	—		#596	12
1900	—		#375	35
1899	—		#613	11
1898	—		#663	11
1897	—		#615	12
1896	—		#592	13
1895	—		—
1894	—		#594	12
1893	—		—
1892	—		#748	9
1891	—		#766	7
1890	—		#739	8
1889	—		—
1888	—		#609	11
1887	—		—
1886	—		#647	9
1885	—		—
1884	—		#701	8
1883	—		#799	6
1882	—		#691	8
1881	—		#706	7
1880	—		#909	5

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.

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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

Decade	Births	Best rank	Avg rank
1880s	54	#609 (1888)	#723
1890s	83	#592 (1896)	#666
1900s	206	#375 (1900)	#520
1910s	765	#461 (1910)	#561
1920s	1,120	#553 (1921)	#593
1930s	1,276	#454 (1932)	#511
1940s	1,648	#442 (1949)	#492
1950s	2,768	#405 (1951)	#440
1960s	2,488	#444 (1962)	#497
1970s	1,615	#554 (1970)	#661
1980s	1,295	#724 (1986)	#797
1990s	939	#809 (1990)	#1,263
2000s	508	#1,768 (2000)	#2,317
2010s	301	#2,748 (2011)	#3,641
2020s	121	#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 2011

boys

#2,748

43 births · 1 in 44,169 boys

Top boys' names in 2011

#1Jacob20,403
#2Mason19,530
#3William17,362
#4Jayden17,019
#5Noah16,883
#6Michael16,823
#7Ethan16,702
#8Alexander15,717
#9Aiden15,520
#10Daniel15,307
⋯
#2,748Alphonso43

More about 2011

boys

1,899,252 boys got a published name in 2011; 1 in 44,169 of them was named Alphonso, which outranked 80.9% of the 14,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alphonso

#2,699Yamir44
#2,699Yitzchak44
#2,699Zarek44
#2,748Alphonso43
#2,748Aadi43
#2,748Aahil43
#2,748Aleksandar43
#2,798Abdoulaye42
#2,798Abelardo42
#2,798Amogh42

Tied with 49 names at #2,748; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2010

Risers

↑ 869Flynn#1,806 → #937
↑ 601Raylan#1,299 → #698
↑ 415Brantley#735 → #320
↑ 405Bowen#1,127 → #722
↑ 328Crosby#1,068 → #740

Fallers

↓ 336Jencarlos#928 → #1,264
↓ 308Keshawn#997 → #1,305
↓ 284Octavio#928 → #1,212
↓ 268Talan#976 → #1,244
↓ 242Antony#956 → #1,198

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

See the top 100 for 2011 →