Alphonse
Alphonse was given to 53 boys in 2025, #2,516 among boys’ names; 10,590 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,890 Americans named Alphonse and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (27% of everyone recorded); the median is 57 years old and half are between 26 and 73.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Alphonse by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Alphonse mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Alphonse is “a male given name from the Germanic languages.”
From French Alphonse, from Spanish Alfonso, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Aþalafunsaz, from *aþalaz + *funsaz. Doublet of Alfonso.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Alphonse?
#2,516 among boys’ names, 2025
Alphonse rose from #4,297 in 2015 to #2,516 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 12.0 to 31.0 per million.
357 babies in 1918, the peak
Alphonse peaked in 1918, when 357 boys were given it, #288 among boys’ names. The 53 births of 2025 are 15% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53 | #2,516 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,421 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 50 | #2,617 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 55 | #2,492 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 52 | #2,522 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 54 | #2,418 | 0.03 |
| 2019 | 29 | #3,718 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 35 | #3,244 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,127 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 44 | #2,728 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 23 | #4,297 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,899 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,469 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,487 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,663 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,045 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,560 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,494 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,438 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,920 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,581 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,537 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,613 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,505 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,674 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,766 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,343 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,849 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,882 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,831 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 21 | #3,190 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,684 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,138 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 28 | #2,530 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 26 | #2,605 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 30 | #2,304 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 24 | #2,612 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,200 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,732 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 32 | #1,871 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 24 | #2,226 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 19 | #2,531 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,581 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 36 | #1,653 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 28 | #1,942 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 30 | #1,853 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,573 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 22 | #2,135 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 33 | #1,645 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 35 | #1,540 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 40 | #1,379 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 29 | #1,659 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 28 | #1,653 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 33 | #1,473 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 40 | #1,330 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 26 | #1,700 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 35 | #1,352 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 33 | #1,340 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 41 | #1,165 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 47 | #1,073 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 45 | #1,107 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 68 | #922 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 59 | #983 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 51 | #1,069 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 63 | #968 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 54 | #1,045 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 65 | #950 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 68 | #914 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 70 | #908 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 82 | #821 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 77 | #835 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 66 | #907 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 76 | #824 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 89 | #745 | 0.05 |
| 1951 | 84 | #762 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 83 | #754 | 0.05 |
| 1949 | 97 | #691 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 83 | #736 | 0.05 |
| 1947 | 93 | #710 | 0.05 |
| 1946 | 85 | #704 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 78 | #684 | 0.06 |
| 1944 | 89 | #658 | 0.07 |
| 1943 | 92 | #669 | 0.06 |
| 1942 | 108 | #606 | 0.08 |
| 1941 | 129 | #525 | 0.11 |
| 1940 | 100 | #591 | 0.09 |
| 1939 | 101 | #569 | 0.09 |
| 1938 | 108 | #559 | 0.10 |
| 1937 | 86 | #631 | 0.08 |
| 1936 | 119 | #518 | 0.11 |
| 1935 | 113 | #543 | 0.11 |
| 1934 | 137 | #490 | 0.13 |
| 1933 | 110 | #544 | 0.11 |
| 1932 | 147 | #474 | 0.14 |
| 1931 | 201 | #396 | 0.19 |
| 1930 | 159 | #469 | 0.14 |
| 1929 | 191 | #428 | 0.18 |
| 1928 | 226 | #396 | 0.20 |
| 1927 | 197 | #431 | 0.17 |
| 1926 | 221 | #399 | 0.20 |
| 1925 | 271 | #359 | 0.24 |
| 1924 | 249 | #378 | 0.22 |
| 1923 | 282 | #351 | 0.26 |
| 1922 | 289 | #347 | 0.27 |
| 1921 | 274 | #364 | 0.25 |
| 1920 | 329 | #320 | 0.31 |
| 1919 | 324 | #304 | 0.33 |
| 1918 | 357 | #288 | 0.35 |
| 1917 | 316 | #296 | 0.34 |
| 1916 | 306 | #294 | 0.34 |
| 1915 | 297 | #290 | 0.35 |
| 1914 | 250 | #280 | 0.38 |
| 1913 | 197 | #277 | 0.38 |
| 1912 | 142 | #302 | 0.33 |
| 1911 | 81 | #295 | 0.36 |
| 1910 | 56 | #329 | 0.29 |
| 1909 | 56 | #307 | 0.34 |
| 1908 | 48 | #316 | 0.31 |
| 1907 | 31 | #406 | 0.21 |
| 1906 | 40 | #323 | 0.30 |
| 1905 | 25 | #430 | 0.19 |
| 1904 | 36 | #335 | 0.28 |
| 1903 | 22 | #431 | 0.18 |
| 1902 | 33 | #337 | 0.27 |
| 1901 | 29 | #335 | 0.27 |
| 1900 | 27 | #433 | 0.18 |
| 1899 | 18 | #439 | 0.17 |
| 1898 | 31 | #345 | 0.25 |
| 1897 | 22 | #404 | 0.20 |
| 1896 | 26 | #380 | 0.22 |
| 1895 | 25 | #383 | 0.21 |
| 1894 | 19 | #441 | 0.16 |
| 1893 | 20 | #401 | 0.18 |
| 1892 | 22 | #405 | 0.18 |
| 1891 | 17 | #427 | 0.17 |
| 1890 | 18 | #424 | 0.16 |
| 1889 | 17 | #446 | 0.15 |
| 1888 | 20 | #417 | 0.17 |
| 1887 | 18 | #393 | 0.18 |
| 1886 | 16 | #453 | 0.14 |
| 1885 | 25 | #344 | 0.23 |
| 1884 | 20 | #399 | 0.17 |
| 1883 | 14 | #481 | 0.13 |
| 1882 | 16 | #454 | 0.14 |
| 1881 | 12 | #505 | 0.12 |
| 1880 | 20 | #382 | 0.18 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Alphonse a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Alphonse has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Alphonse: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Alphonse, and how old are they?
2,890 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 27% of the 10,590 Americans ever recorded as Alphonse. The median Alphonse alive today is 57 years old; half are between 26 and 73.
The 2020 Census counted 3,391 people named Alphonse (19 women and girls, 3,372 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,135 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 365 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 912 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 469 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 360 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 248 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 532 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Alphonse born?
The states with the most babies named Alphonse are New York, Massachusetts and Louisiana, with 47% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Massachusetts and Louisiana are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 1,526 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Massachusetts | 951 | not ranked | 2.9× |
| Louisiana | 713 | not ranked | 3.6× |
| Connecticut | 516 | not ranked | 3.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 503 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| New Jersey | 477 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Illinois | 435 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 329 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Texas | 236 | #2,295 | 0.4× |
| Minnesota | 198 | not ranked | 0.9× |
Where Alphonse is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Alphonse is most over-represented in Connecticut: since 1910 it was given 3.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Alphonse with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 27,456 babies since 1880, Alphonse is the second most given (39% of them). In 2025 it was given to 53 of their 74 babies (72%), the most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Alphonse
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Alphonse and names like it
- Compare Alphonse and AlphonsoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sAlphonse peaked in 1918.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Alphonse since 1910.
- Germanic namesWiktionary’s origin for Alphonse: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Alphonse.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Alphonse alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.