Alfonso
Alfonso is ranked 920th among boys in 2024 (251 births). Its best rank was 294th, in 1929.
- Rank in 2024
- #920up 57 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2510.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 1991574 births
- Best rank
- #294in 1929
- Since 1881
- 41,238people given the name
The story in the numbers
41,238 boys have been named Alfonso in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 574 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 849 → 920).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1973, and the 1990s alone account for 13%. It has spent 140 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Alfonso | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 43 | |
| 1890s | 108 | |
| 1900s | 338 | |
| 1910s | 1,649 | |
| 1920s | 3,294 | |
| 1930s | 2,986 | |
| 1940s | 2,987 | |
| 1950s | 3,818 | |
| 1960s | 3,775 | |
| 1970s | 4,115 | |
| 1980s | 4,537 | |
| 1990s | 5,201 | |
| 2000s | 4,508 | |
| 2010s | 2,679 | |
| 2020s | 1,200 |
In 1991, its biggest year
Alfonso was the 395th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1991 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew. See all of 1991.
Names that rose and fell with Alfonso
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Gregoriopeak 1993
- Manuelpeak 2005
- Benitopeak 2023
- Leopoldopeak 1980
- Ramonpeak 1991
- Willypeak 1993
- Rosendopeak 1993
- Hilariopeak 1996
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.