Alfonse
Alfonse is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 858th, in 1911.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 191751 births
- Best rank
- #858in 1911
- Since 1906
- 1,392people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,392 boys have been named Alfonse in the United States since 1906, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1917, with 51 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 51 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1929, and the 1920s alone account for 28%. It has spent 4 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Alfonse | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 22 | |
| 1910s | 295 | |
| 1920s | 384 | |
| 1930s | 194 | |
| 1940s | 131 | |
| 1950s | 139 | |
| 1960s | 90 | |
| 1970s | 60 | |
| 1980s | 42 | |
| 1990s | 24 | |
| 2020s | 11 |
In 1917, its biggest year
Alfonse was the 892nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1917 were John, William, James, Robert and Joseph. See all of 1917.
Names that rose and fell with Alfonse
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Dewardpeak 1924
- Natalepeak 1915
- Gilmerpeak 1918
- Guidopeak 1921
- Americopeak 1922
- Burdettepeak 1922
- Gasperpeak 1917
- Hilbertpeak 1922
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.