Alphonso
Alphonso is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 17 births. Its best rank was 376th, in 1900.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 170.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1962319 births
- Best rank
- #376in 1900
- Since 1880
- 15,166people given the name
The story in the numbers
15,166 boys have been named Alphonso in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1962, with 319 births.
The name has all but left use: 17 births in 2024, against 319 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1958, and the 1950s alone account for 18%. It has spent 107 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Alphonso | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 54 | |
| 1890s | 83 | |
| 1900s | 206 | |
| 1910s | 765 | |
| 1920s | 1,120 | |
| 1930s | 1,276 | |
| 1940s | 1,648 | |
| 1950s | 2,768 | |
| 1960s | 2,488 | |
| 1970s | 1,615 | |
| 1980s | 1,295 | |
| 1990s | 939 | |
| 2000s | 508 | |
| 2010s | 301 | |
| 2020s | 100 |
In 1962, its biggest year
Alphonso was the 444th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1962 were Michael, David, John, James and Robert. See all of 1962.
Names that rose and fell with Alphonso
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Russellpeak 1960
- Carltonpeak 1957
- Paulpeak 1957
- Stewartpeak 1956
- Philippeak 1953
- Karlpeak 1960
- Nealpeak 1959
- Allenpeak 1951
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.