Alphonzo — #9900 US boys' name
2,031 babies named Alphonzo in U.S. Social Security records since 1895, with the highest year being 1963. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 30% of names given to boys today.
16% of everyone ever named Alphonzo was born in this single decade.
43 babies were named Alphonzo in 1963 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alphonzo
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,031 babies named Alphonzo between 1895 and 2024, spanning 130 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alphonzo currently holds the #9900 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 43 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alphonzo performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 328 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Alphonzo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 105 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Alphonzo in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alphonzo 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 2,031 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.
Alphonzo at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Alphonzo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1895
- Peak year (1963)
- 43
- Annual births at peak — across 130 years of records
Currently ranks #9900 among boys.
2,031 total births across 130 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1963 with 43 births in a single year.
Alphonzo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 328 births that decade — 16% of Alphonzo's all-time total
Alphonzo decade highlights
- Peak decade 328 births
- Runner-up 322 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Alphonzo's strongest decade
328 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 16% of all-time use.
Alphonzo by state
Where Alphonzo concentrates geographically — total births since 1895
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 105 | 5.2% |
| #2 | South Carolina | | 46 | 2.3% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 19 | 0.9% |
| #4 | District of Columbia | | 11 | 0.5% |
| #5 | New York | | 10 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 6 | 0.3% |
| #7 | Missouri | | 6 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.2% |
105 of 2,031 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 5.2% of nationwide
- South Carolina 2.3% of nationwide
- Georgia 0.9% of nationwide
- District of Columbia 0.5% of nationwide
- New York 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 5.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Alphonzo appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1895–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.