Alfonso
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,012 for boys
Alfonso is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 1,012th for boys in the US (223 babies).
What does Alfonso mean?
Germanic
A male given name from the Germanic languages.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Alfonso a girl's or a boy's name?
Alfonso is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 223 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alfonso in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Alfonso, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Alfonso in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Alfonso in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
How popular is Alfonso in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,012among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 223about 1 in 7,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 223 boys in the US were named Alfonso, making it the 1,012th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,007th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 574 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881.
2025 had fewer boys named Alfonso than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Alfonso in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 244 boys in the US were given Alfonso or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #881, up from #1,012 for this spelling alone.
- Alfonso 223
- Alphonso 21
Alfonso in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 223 | #1,012 |
| 2024 | 251 | #922 |
| 2023 | 224 | #977 |
| 2022 | 252 | #920 |
| 2021 | 265 | #871 |
| 2020 | 209 | #1,007 |
| 2019 | 229 | #942 |
| 2018 | 235 | #915 |
| 2017 | 279 | #811 |
| 2016 | 229 | #927 |
| 2015 | 293 | #796 |
| 2014 | 263 | #849 |
| 2013 | 286 | #787 |
| 2012 | 283 | #797 |
| 2011 | 279 | #795 |
| 2010 | 304 | #746 |
| 2009 | 382 | #649 |
| 2008 | 430 | #588 |
| 2007 | 499 | #521 |
| 2006 | 457 | #550 |
| 2005 | 455 | #534 |
| 2004 | 458 | #523 |
| 2003 | 455 | #521 |
| 2002 | 468 | #493 |
| 2001 | 428 | #521 |
| 2000 | 476 | #490 |
| 1999 | 490 | #464 |
| 1998 | 485 | #464 |
| 1997 | 506 | #441 |
| 1996 | 508 | #440 |
| 1995 | 495 | #454 |
| 1994 | 530 | #430 |
| 1993 | 544 | #421 |
| 1992 | 532 | #418 |
| 1991 | 574 | #395 |
| 1990 | 537 | #421 |
| 1989 | 496 | #419 |
| 1988 | 502 | #394 |
| 1987 | 437 | #417 |
| 1986 | 488 | #378 |
| 1985 | 458 | #395 |
| 1984 | 399 | #413 |
| 1983 | 420 | #395 |
| 1982 | 429 | #392 |
| 1981 | 460 | #375 |
| 1980 | 448 | #381 |
| 1979 | 441 | #385 |
| 1978 | 415 | #380 |
| 1977 | 412 | #388 |
| 1976 | 382 | #395 |
| 1975 | 433 | #374 |
| 1974 | 396 | #389 |
| 1973 | 427 | #369 |
| 1972 | 385 | #399 |
| 1971 | 416 | #395 |
| 1970 | 408 | #396 |
| 1969 | 363 | #416 |
| 1968 | 358 | #408 |
| 1967 | 381 | #385 |
| 1966 | 366 | #391 |
| 1965 | 384 | #401 |
| 1964 | 389 | #407 |
| 1963 | 399 | #403 |
| 1962 | 353 | #426 |
| 1961 | 399 | #397 |
| 1960 | 383 | #406 |
| 1959 | 392 | #401 |
| 1958 | 385 | #397 |
| 1957 | 415 | #379 |
| 1956 | 373 | #387 |
| 1955 | 387 | #367 |
| 1954 | 412 | #352 |
| 1953 | 393 | #348 |
| 1952 | 352 | #361 |
| 1951 | 354 | #365 |
| 1950 | 356 | #357 |
| 1949 | 352 | #358 |
| 1948 | 380 | #345 |
| 1947 | 354 | #365 |
| 1946 | 299 | #377 |
| 1945 | 261 | #373 |
| 1944 | 274 | #364 |
| 1943 | 269 | #373 |
| 1942 | 264 | #374 |
| 1941 | 262 | #361 |
| 1940 | 272 | #345 |
| 1939 | 282 | #329 |
| 1938 | 291 | #325 |
| 1937 | 270 | #331 |
| 1936 | 287 | #318 |
| 1935 | 265 | #336 |
| 1934 | 271 | #329 |
| 1933 | 277 | #323 |
| 1932 | 323 | #307 |
| 1931 | 347 | #298 |
| 1930 | 373 | #295 |
| 1929 | 356 | #294 |
| 1928 | 335 | #303 |
| 1927 | 340 | #311 |
| 1926 | 326 | #313 |
| 1925 | 331 | #313 |
| 1924 | 353 | #305 |
| 1923 | 343 | #306 |
| 1922 | 305 | #334 |
| 1921 | 321 | #329 |
| 1920 | 284 | #348 |
| 1919 | 220 | #394 |
| 1918 | 237 | #390 |
| 1917 | 228 | #372 |
| 1916 | 212 | #378 |
| 1915 | 184 | #396 |
| 1914 | 152 | #384 |
| 1913 | 156 | #325 |
| 1912 | 131 | #329 |
| 1911 | 69 | #328 |
| 1910 | 60 | #318 |
| 1909 | 57 | #302 |
| 1908 | 39 | #365 |
| 1907 | 42 | #328 |
| 1906 | 30 | #394 |
| 1905 | 36 | #337 |
| 1904 | 31 | #360 |
| 1903 | 22 | #430 |
| 1902 | 23 | #426 |
| 1901 | 23 | #394 |
| 1900 | 35 | #375 |
| 1899 | 11 | #613 |
| 1898 | 19 | #473 |
| 1897 | 14 | #556 |
| 1896 | 14 | #551 |
| 1895 | 10 | #685 |
| 1894 | 7 | #856 |
| 1893 | 8 | #768 |
| 1892 | 10 | #687 |
| 1891 | 10 | #597 |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 7 | #789 |
| 1888 | 7 | #815 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 8 | #694 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 9 | #644 |
| 1882 | 6 | #836 |
| 1881 | 6 | #780 |
Names like Alfonso
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Alfonso
Names related to Alfonso
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alfonso: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alfonso, updated 20 October 2026.