Alphonsine
Alphonsine was last recorded in 2023, when 5 babies were given it; 86 Americans have been recorded with it between 1882 and 2023 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Alphonsine by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Alphonsine mean?
Wiktionary, French section
Alphonsine is “a female given name”
From Alphonse + -ine.
/al.fɔ̃.sin/
Meaning: Wiktionary, French section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Alphonsine?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #15,309, in 2023; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
8 babies in 1889, the peak
Alphonsine peaked in 1889, when 8 girls were given it, #952 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,309 | 3.1 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,223 | 4.8 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,460 | 5.0 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,722 | 6.5 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,439 | 7.1 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,639 | 6.6 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,112 | 15.0 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,832 | 18.8 |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,101 | 36.8 |
| 1889 | 8 | #952 | 44.9 |
Every recorded year (14)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1888 | 6 | #1,139 | 33.6 |
| 1885 | 7 | #845 | 52.6 |
| 1883 | 5 | #923 | 44.5 |
| 1882 | 7 | #744 | 64.9 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Alphonsine a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Alphonsine has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 14 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Alphonsine: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Alphonsine, and how old are they?
An estimated 6 Americans named Alphonsine and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026, too few to state an age range. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
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.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Alphonsine
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Daisie | 1,178 |
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 Alphonsine and names like it
- Compare Alphonsine and DaisieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1880sAlphonsine peaked in 1889.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Alphonsine: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1889The year the most babies were named Alphonsine.
- Names starting with AMost given first.