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Alphonso

Boy · Germanic

Alphonso is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).

What does Alphonso mean?

Germanic

A male given name from Italian or from Spanish [in turn from the Germanic languages], of rare usage, variant of Alfonso.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Alphonso a girl's or a boy's name?

Alphonso is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Alphonso in the US?

Rank in 2025
#4,706among boys
Babies in 2025
21about 1 in 81,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 14% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Alphonso, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 1962, with 319 boys.

Half of all the boys named Alphonso in the US since 1880 were born between 1942 and 1975, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 244 boys in the US were given Alphonso or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #881, up from #4,706 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 319 in 19622025
Alphonso in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202521#4,706
202417#5,439
202323#4,452
202219#5,015
202118#5,105
202023#4,271
201922#4,476
201826#3,989
201733#3,376
201631#3,523
201523#4,293
201428#3,691
201326#3,862
201237#3,057
201143#2,747
201032#3,376
200937#3,104
200847#2,631
200743#2,764
200653#2,347
200550#2,321
200455#2,127
200353#2,098
200257#1,939
200151#2,046
200062#1,764
199956#1,775
199875#1,472
199768#1,516
199683#1,312
199567#1,451
199490#1,207
1993110#1,051
1992122#976
1991110#1,024
1990158#805
1989149#807
1988129#835
1987124#835
1986156#724
1985144#736
1984129#763
1983113#821
1982108#853
1981125#780
1980118#808
1979127#768
1978122#767
1977129#751
1976127#739
1975155#664
1974193#577
1973162#620
1972188#580
1971196#587
1970216#554
1969211#540
1968212#522
1967218#509
1966229#499
1965220#513
1964236#509
1963259#498
1962319#444
1961300#469
1960284#470
1959299#460
1958271#478
1957289#452
1956299#435
1955309#416
1954279#431
1953269#431
1952261#433
1951283#404
1950209#456
1949230#441
1948202#468
1947203#471
1946186#469
1945136#515
1944120#551
1943143#524
1942142#512
1941146#485
1940140#487
1939123#511
1938136#499
1937122#523
1936107#552
1935136#486
1934125#523
1933123#506
1932156#454
1931119#532
1930129#526
1929112#557
1928114#578
1927120#562
1926114#580
1925124#554
192496#657
1923116#582
1922109#617
1921128#553
192087#687
1919120#545
1918101#611
191797#603
1916100#574
191584#632
191473#585
191355#592
191269#470
191131#533
191035#461
190921#574
190822#541
190720#540
190627#424
190519#525
190421#466
190315#576
190214#582
190112#596
190035#375
189911#613
189811#662
189712#615
189613#592
18950–
189412#594
18930–
18929#747
18917#765
18908#739
18890–
188811#609
18870–
18869#647
18850–
18848#701
18836#798
18828#691
18817#705
18805#909

Names like Alphonso

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