Alphonse — #2436 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Alphonse

The Social Security Administration has registered 10,536 babies named Alphonse between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alphonse currently holds the #2436 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 357 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alphonse performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 2,529 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Alphonse shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,525 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Massachusetts and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Alphonse in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alphonse 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 10,536 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.