Alphonse
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #2,516 for boys
Alphonse is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,516th for boys in the US (53 babies).
What does Alphonse mean?
Germanic
A male given name from the Germanic languages.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Alphonse a girl's or a boy's name?
Alphonse is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 53 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alphonse in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 6 boys.
Alphonse in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
How popular is Alphonse in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,516among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 53about 1 in 32,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 53 boys in the US were named Alphonse, making it the 2,516th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,418th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 357 boys.
Half of all the boys named Alphonse in the US since 1880 were born between 1918 and 1951, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alphonse in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53 | #2,516 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,418 |
| 2023 | 50 | #2,613 |
| 2022 | 55 | #2,492 |
| 2021 | 52 | #2,522 |
| 2020 | 54 | #2,418 |
| 2019 | 29 | #3,713 |
| 2018 | 35 | #3,237 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,122 |
| 2016 | 44 | #2,725 |
| 2015 | 23 | #4,293 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 21 | #3,186 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,135 |
| 1992 | 28 | #2,527 |
| 1991 | 26 | #2,600 |
| 1990 | 30 | #2,303 |
| 1989 | 24 | #2,609 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 32 | #1,871 |
| 1985 | 24 | #2,225 |
| 1984 | 19 | #2,528 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,576 |
| 1982 | 36 | #1,653 |
| 1981 | 28 | #1,941 |
| 1980 | 30 | #1,852 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,567 |
| 1978 | 22 | #2,134 |
| 1977 | 33 | #1,645 |
| 1976 | 35 | #1,540 |
| 1975 | 40 | #1,378 |
| 1974 | 29 | #1,659 |
| 1973 | 28 | #1,653 |
| 1972 | 33 | #1,473 |
| 1971 | 40 | #1,330 |
| 1970 | 26 | #1,698 |
| 1969 | 35 | #1,351 |
| 1968 | 33 | #1,339 |
| 1967 | 41 | #1,165 |
| 1966 | 47 | #1,073 |
| 1965 | 45 | #1,106 |
| 1964 | 68 | #921 |
| 1963 | 59 | #983 |
| 1962 | 51 | #1,068 |
| 1961 | 63 | #966 |
| 1960 | 54 | #1,044 |
| 1959 | 65 | #949 |
| 1958 | 68 | #914 |
| 1957 | 70 | #907 |
| 1956 | 82 | #821 |
| 1955 | 77 | #835 |
| 1954 | 66 | #907 |
| 1953 | 76 | #824 |
| 1952 | 89 | #745 |
| 1951 | 84 | #762 |
| 1950 | 83 | #754 |
| 1949 | 97 | #691 |
| 1948 | 83 | #736 |
| 1947 | 93 | #710 |
| 1946 | 85 | #704 |
| 1945 | 78 | #684 |
| 1944 | 89 | #658 |
| 1943 | 92 | #668 |
| 1942 | 108 | #606 |
| 1941 | 129 | #525 |
| 1940 | 100 | #591 |
| 1939 | 101 | #569 |
| 1938 | 108 | #559 |
| 1937 | 86 | #631 |
| 1936 | 119 | #518 |
| 1935 | 113 | #543 |
| 1934 | 137 | #490 |
| 1933 | 110 | #543 |
| 1932 | 147 | #474 |
| 1931 | 201 | #396 |
| 1930 | 159 | #469 |
| 1929 | 191 | #428 |
| 1928 | 226 | #396 |
| 1927 | 197 | #431 |
| 1926 | 221 | #399 |
| 1925 | 271 | #359 |
| 1924 | 249 | #378 |
| 1923 | 282 | #351 |
| 1922 | 289 | #347 |
| 1921 | 274 | #364 |
| 1920 | 329 | #320 |
| 1919 | 324 | #304 |
| 1918 | 357 | #288 |
| 1917 | 316 | #296 |
| 1916 | 306 | #294 |
| 1915 | 297 | #290 |
| 1914 | 250 | #280 |
| 1913 | 197 | #277 |
| 1912 | 142 | #302 |
| 1911 | 81 | #295 |
| 1910 | 56 | #329 |
| 1909 | 56 | #307 |
| 1908 | 48 | #316 |
| 1907 | 31 | #405 |
| 1906 | 40 | #323 |
| 1905 | 25 | #430 |
| 1904 | 36 | #335 |
| 1903 | 22 | #430 |
| 1902 | 33 | #337 |
| 1901 | 29 | #334 |
| 1900 | 27 | #430 |
| 1899 | 18 | #438 |
| 1898 | 31 | #345 |
| 1897 | 22 | #404 |
| 1896 | 26 | #380 |
| 1895 | 25 | #383 |
| 1894 | 19 | #439 |
| 1893 | 20 | #401 |
| 1892 | 22 | #404 |
| 1891 | 17 | #427 |
| 1890 | 18 | #424 |
| 1889 | 17 | #446 |
| 1888 | 20 | #416 |
| 1887 | 18 | #392 |
| 1886 | 16 | #451 |
| 1885 | 25 | #344 |
| 1884 | 20 | #399 |
| 1883 | 14 | #479 |
| 1882 | 16 | #453 |
| 1881 | 12 | #503 |
| 1880 | 20 | #381 |
Names like Alphonse
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Archie Charlie Albert Louie Arthur Otis Henry Freddie Ollie Frederick George Otto
Names related to Alphonse
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Charlotte William Emma Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Miles Alice Myles Charles Lottie Avery
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, “Alphonse: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alphonse, updated 20 October 2026.