Alphonso
Alphonso was given to 21 boys in 2025, #4,711 among boys’ names; 15,214 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 9,230 Americans named Alphonso and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (61% of everyone recorded); the median is 57 years old and half are between 40 and 69.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Alphonso by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Alphonso mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Alphonso is “a male given name from Italian or from Spanish [in turn from the Germanic languages], of rare usage, variant of Alfonso.”
Anglicized form of Italian or Spanish Alfonso.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Alphonso?
#4,711 among boys’ names, 2025
Alphonso fell from #4,298 in 2015 to #4,711 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 12.0 to 12.3 per million.
319 babies in 1962, the peak
Alphonso peaked in 1962, when 319 boys were given it, #444 among boys’ names. The 21 births of 2025 are 7% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,711 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,450 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,456 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,023 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,111 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,277 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,482 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 26 | #3,993 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 33 | #3,382 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 31 | #3,527 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (141)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 23 | #4,298 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,694 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,864 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 37 | #3,059 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 43 | #2,750 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 32 | #3,380 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 37 | #3,106 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 47 | #2,633 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 43 | #2,765 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 53 | #2,349 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 50 | #2,321 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 55 | #2,127 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 53 | #2,099 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 57 | #1,939 | 0.03 |
| 2001 | 51 | #2,048 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 62 | #1,765 | 0.03 |
| 1999 | 56 | #1,775 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 75 | #1,473 | 0.04 |
| 1997 | 68 | #1,516 | 0.04 |
| 1996 | 83 | #1,312 | 0.04 |
| 1995 | 67 | #1,451 | 0.04 |
| 1994 | 90 | #1,207 | 0.05 |
| 1993 | 110 | #1,052 | 0.06 |
| 1992 | 122 | #977 | 0.06 |
| 1991 | 110 | #1,024 | 0.05 |
| 1990 | 158 | #805 | 0.08 |
| 1989 | 149 | #807 | 0.07 |
| 1988 | 129 | #835 | 0.07 |
| 1987 | 124 | #835 | 0.07 |
| 1986 | 156 | #724 | 0.08 |
| 1985 | 144 | #736 | 0.08 |
| 1984 | 129 | #763 | 0.07 |
| 1983 | 113 | #821 | 0.06 |
| 1982 | 108 | #853 | 0.06 |
| 1981 | 125 | #780 | 0.07 |
| 1980 | 118 | #808 | 0.07 |
| 1979 | 127 | #768 | 0.07 |
| 1978 | 122 | #767 | 0.07 |
| 1977 | 129 | #751 | 0.08 |
| 1976 | 127 | #739 | 0.08 |
| 1975 | 155 | #664 | 0.10 |
| 1974 | 193 | #577 | 0.12 |
| 1973 | 162 | #620 | 0.10 |
| 1972 | 188 | #580 | 0.12 |
| 1971 | 196 | #587 | 0.11 |
| 1970 | 216 | #554 | 0.12 |
| 1969 | 211 | #540 | 0.12 |
| 1968 | 212 | #522 | 0.12 |
| 1967 | 218 | #509 | 0.13 |
| 1966 | 229 | #499 | 0.13 |
| 1965 | 220 | #513 | 0.12 |
| 1964 | 236 | #509 | 0.12 |
| 1963 | 259 | #498 | 0.13 |
| 1962 | 319 | #444 | 0.15 |
| 1961 | 300 | #469 | 0.14 |
| 1960 | 284 | #470 | 0.13 |
| 1959 | 299 | #460 | 0.14 |
| 1958 | 271 | #478 | 0.13 |
| 1957 | 289 | #452 | 0.13 |
| 1956 | 299 | #435 | 0.14 |
| 1955 | 309 | #416 | 0.15 |
| 1954 | 279 | #431 | 0.14 |
| 1953 | 269 | #431 | 0.14 |
| 1952 | 261 | #433 | 0.13 |
| 1951 | 283 | #404 | 0.15 |
| 1950 | 209 | #456 | 0.12 |
| 1949 | 230 | #441 | 0.13 |
| 1948 | 202 | #468 | 0.12 |
| 1947 | 203 | #471 | 0.11 |
| 1946 | 186 | #469 | 0.11 |
| 1945 | 136 | #515 | 0.10 |
| 1944 | 120 | #551 | 0.09 |
| 1943 | 143 | #524 | 0.10 |
| 1942 | 142 | #512 | 0.10 |
| 1941 | 146 | #485 | 0.12 |
| 1940 | 140 | #488 | 0.12 |
| 1939 | 123 | #511 | 0.11 |
| 1938 | 136 | #499 | 0.12 |
| 1937 | 122 | #523 | 0.11 |
| 1936 | 107 | #552 | 0.10 |
| 1935 | 136 | #486 | 0.13 |
| 1934 | 125 | #523 | 0.12 |
| 1933 | 123 | #506 | 0.12 |
| 1932 | 156 | #454 | 0.15 |
| 1931 | 119 | #532 | 0.11 |
| 1930 | 129 | #526 | 0.12 |
| 1929 | 112 | #557 | 0.10 |
| 1928 | 114 | #578 | 0.10 |
| 1927 | 120 | #562 | 0.11 |
| 1926 | 114 | #581 | 0.10 |
| 1925 | 124 | #554 | 0.11 |
| 1924 | 96 | #657 | 0.08 |
| 1923 | 116 | #582 | 0.11 |
| 1922 | 109 | #618 | 0.10 |
| 1921 | 128 | #553 | 0.12 |
| 1920 | 87 | #687 | 0.08 |
| 1919 | 120 | #545 | 0.12 |
| 1918 | 101 | #611 | 0.10 |
| 1917 | 97 | #603 | 0.10 |
| 1916 | 100 | #574 | 0.11 |
| 1915 | 84 | #632 | 0.10 |
| 1914 | 73 | #585 | 0.11 |
| 1913 | 55 | #593 | 0.11 |
| 1912 | 69 | #470 | 0.16 |
| 1911 | 31 | #533 | 0.14 |
| 1910 | 35 | #462 | 0.18 |
| 1909 | 21 | #574 | 0.13 |
| 1908 | 22 | #541 | 0.14 |
| 1907 | 20 | #540 | 0.14 |
| 1906 | 27 | #424 | 0.20 |
| 1905 | 19 | #527 | 0.14 |
| 1904 | 21 | #466 | 0.16 |
| 1903 | 15 | #578 | 0.13 |
| 1902 | 14 | #584 | 0.11 |
| 1901 | 12 | #599 | 0.11 |
| 1900 | 35 | #376 | 0.23 |
| 1899 | 11 | #615 | 0.10 |
| 1898 | 11 | #664 | 0.09 |
| 1897 | 12 | #617 | 0.11 |
| 1896 | 13 | #595 | 0.11 |
| 1894 | 12 | #594 | 0.10 |
| 1892 | 9 | #748 | 0.07 |
| 1891 | 7 | #769 | 0.07 |
| 1890 | 8 | #740 | 0.07 |
| 1888 | 11 | #612 | 0.09 |
| 1886 | 9 | #649 | 0.08 |
| 1884 | 8 | #703 | 0.07 |
| 1883 | 6 | #802 | 0.06 |
| 1882 | 8 | #696 | 0.07 |
| 1881 | 7 | #709 | 0.07 |
| 1880 | 5 | #914 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Alphonso a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Alphonso has been given almost only to boys: 27 girls in 141 years of records.
Girls and boys named Alphonso: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Alphonso, and how old are they?
9,230 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 61% of the 15,214 Americans ever recorded as Alphonso. The median Alphonso alive today is 57 years old; half are between 40 and 69.
The 2020 Census counted 7,754 people named Alphonso (23 women and girls, 7,731 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 10,072 born in the U.S. The Census count is 23% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 462 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,350 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,480 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,820 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 804 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 308 |
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 Alphonso born?
The states with the most babies named Alphonso are Florida, New York and Georgia, with 36% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 1,909 | not ranked | 4.7× |
| New York | 1,176 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 948 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Virginia | 923 | not ranked | 2.7× |
| South Carolina | 884 | not ranked | 3.6× |
| Pennsylvania | 690 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 616 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Illinois | 604 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| California | 603 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Alabama | 588 | not ranked | 1.9× |
Where Alphonso is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Alphonso is most over-represented in Florida: since 1910 it was given 4.7 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 Alphonso 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 67,643 babies since 1880, Alphonso is the second most given (22% of them). In 2025 it was given to 21 of their 297 babies (7.1%), the third 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 Alphonso
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 Alphonso and names like it
- Compare Alphonso and AlfonsoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sAlphonso peaked in 1962.
- Florida’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Alphonso since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Alphonso: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1962The year the most babies were named Alphonso.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Alphonso alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.