Alphonsa — boys' name

What the Data Says About Alphonsa

The Social Security Administration has registered 260 babies named Alphonsa between 1911 and 1991, spanning 81 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alphonsa currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alphonsa performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 84 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Alphonsa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Alphonsa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alphonsa in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 260 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.