Alonso
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-LON-soh
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,964 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #785 for boys
Alonso is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble and ready”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 785th for boys in the US (324 babies).
What does Alonso mean?
Germanic: Spanish form of Alfonso
“noble and ready”
Don Quixote's real name in Cervantes' novel is Alonso Quijano.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Alonso a girl's or a boy's name?
Alonso is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 324 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alonso in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,964among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Alonso, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,829th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 13 boys.
2025 had more boys named Alonso than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Alonso in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Alonso in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 13 | #1,829 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
How popular is Alonso in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #785among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 324about 1 in 5,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 324 boys in the US were named Alonso, making it the 785th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 783rd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 380 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Alonso in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alonso in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 324 | #785 |
| 2024 | 328 | #769 |
| 2023 | 287 | #845 |
| 2022 | 340 | #752 |
| 2021 | 318 | #778 |
| 2020 | 297 | #783 |
| 2019 | 316 | #755 |
| 2018 | 300 | #772 |
| 2017 | 317 | #746 |
| 2016 | 319 | #763 |
| 2015 | 333 | #733 |
| 2014 | 339 | #712 |
| 2013 | 348 | #688 |
| 2012 | 312 | #742 |
| 2011 | 347 | #678 |
| 2010 | 380 | #636 |
| 2009 | 373 | #659 |
| 2008 | 363 | #665 |
| 2007 | 363 | #661 |
| 2006 | 360 | #644 |
| 2005 | 329 | #655 |
| 2004 | 297 | #677 |
| 2003 | 296 | #669 |
| 2002 | 316 | #622 |
| 2001 | 243 | #721 |
| 2000 | 285 | #639 |
| 1999 | 233 | #709 |
| 1998 | 220 | #737 |
| 1997 | 194 | #765 |
| 1996 | 193 | #761 |
| 1995 | 222 | #713 |
| 1994 | 154 | #861 |
| 1993 | 198 | #738 |
| 1992 | 161 | #829 |
| 1991 | 151 | #841 |
| 1990 | 157 | #808 |
| 1989 | 125 | #904 |
| 1988 | 120 | #864 |
| 1987 | 95 | #967 |
| 1986 | 96 | #931 |
| 1985 | 63 | #1,180 |
| 1984 | 89 | #931 |
| 1983 | 60 | #1,166 |
| 1982 | 71 | #1,082 |
| 1981 | 62 | #1,169 |
| 1980 | 55 | #1,238 |
| 1979 | 59 | #1,177 |
| 1978 | 60 | #1,134 |
| 1977 | 43 | #1,390 |
| 1976 | 42 | #1,373 |
| 1975 | 51 | #1,181 |
| 1974 | 48 | #1,198 |
| 1973 | 44 | #1,238 |
| 1972 | 40 | #1,327 |
| 1971 | 30 | #1,596 |
| 1970 | 40 | #1,313 |
| 1969 | 24 | #1,679 |
| 1968 | 20 | #1,787 |
| 1967 | 31 | #1,363 |
| 1966 | 20 | #1,722 |
| 1965 | 23 | #1,624 |
| 1964 | 20 | #1,792 |
| 1963 | 25 | #1,584 |
| 1962 | 29 | #1,453 |
| 1961 | 22 | #1,730 |
| 1960 | 22 | #1,727 |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,294 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,263 |
| 1957 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1956 | 19 | #1,820 |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 18 | #1,825 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 24 | #1,546 |
| 1951 | 11 | #2,366 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,110 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,336 |
| 1948 | 11 | #2,325 |
| 1947 | 17 | #1,849 |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,449 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,332 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,451 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 9 | #2,966 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,176 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
Names like Alonso
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Leonardo Hugo Arlo Lorenzo Enzo Milo Nico Ali Tobias Luca Alvaro Gabriel
Names related to Alonso
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
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, “Alonso: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alonso, updated 20 October 2026.