Meaning not yet researched.
Alphonse: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 53 in 2025. Its best rank was #277 in 1913.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #277 in 1913; #2,516 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Alphonse in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,516 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1913, at #277.
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Alphonse: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 53 boys in 2025. Peak: #277 in 1913 · most boys in one year: 357 (1918).
In 2025, 53 US boys were named Alphonse, making it the 2,516th most common boys’ name of the year, down 95 places from #2,421 in 2024. That is 4 fewer than the 57 boys named Alphonse in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #277, reached in 1913. The most boys given the name in a single year was 357, in 1918. For comparison, it was #4,299 in 2015 and #755 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Alphonse in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 20 babies with the name. In all, 10,590 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 2,529 babies named Alphonse.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 466 US boys were named Alphonse; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 57. In 2025 that was about 1 in 32,228 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Alphonse ranked highest in California in 2025, at #2,005 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Alfonso (41,579 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Alfonse are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Alfonse (1,392).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
No nicknames listed for Alphonse in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 49 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 7 | #2,005 | — |
| Texas | 6 | #2,295 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 53 | #2,516 |
| 2024 | — | — | 57 | #2,421 |
| 2023 | — | — | 50 | #2,618 |
| 2022 | — | — | 55 | #2,493 |
| 2021 | — | — | 52 | #2,523 |
| 2020 | — | — | 54 | #2,419 |
| 2019 | — | — | 29 | #3,721 |
| 2018 | — | — | 35 | #3,247 |
| 2017 | — | — | 37 | #3,128 |
| 2016 | — | — | 44 | #2,729 |
| 2015 | — | — | 23 | #4,299 |
| 2014 | — | — | 26 | #3,902 |
| 2013 | — | — | 21 | #4,471 |
| 2012 | — | — | 16 | #5,493 |
| 2011 | — | — | 20 | #4,665 |
| 2010 | — | — | 14 | #6,049 |
| 2009 | — | — | 16 | #5,563 |
| 2008 | — | — | 16 | #5,499 |
| 2007 | — | — | 16 | #5,441 |
| 2006 | — | — | 11 | #6,925 |
| 2005 | — | — | 14 | #5,587 |
| 2004 | — | — | 11 | #6,543 |
| 2003 | — | — | 17 | #4,618 |
| 2002 | — | — | 17 | #4,511 |
| 2001 | — | — | 12 | #5,681 |
| 2000 | — | — | 21 | #3,772 |
| 1999 | — | — | 16 | #4,348 |
| 1998 | — | — | 18 | #3,853 |
| 1997 | — | — | 17 | #3,887 |
| 1996 | — | — | 17 | #3,837 |
| 1995 | — | — | 21 | #3,195 |
| 1994 | — | — | 27 | #2,689 |
| 1993 | — | — | 21 | #3,144 |
| 1992 | — | — | 28 | #2,535 |
| 1991 | — | — | 26 | #2,611 |
| 1990 | — | — | 30 | #2,309 |
| 1989 | — | — | 24 | #2,618 |
| 1988 | — | — | 16 | #3,205 |
| 1987 | — | — | 12 | #3,737 |
| 1986 | — | — | 32 | #1,873 |
| 1985 | — | — | 24 | #2,227 |
| 1984 | — | — | 19 | #2,532 |
| 1983 | — | — | 18 | #2,582 |
| 1982 | — | — | 36 | #1,654 |
| 1981 | — | — | 28 | #1,943 |
| 1980 | — | — | 30 | #1,853 |
| 1979 | — | — | 18 | #2,574 |
| 1978 | — | — | 22 | #2,135 |
| 1977 | — | — | 33 | #1,645 |
| 1976 | — | — | 35 | #1,541 |
| 1975 | — | — | 40 | #1,379 |
| 1974 | — | — | 29 | #1,659 |
| 1973 | — | — | 28 | #1,653 |
| 1972 | — | — | 33 | #1,473 |
| 1971 | — | — | 40 | #1,330 |
| 1970 | — | — | 26 | #1,701 |
| 1969 | — | — | 35 | #1,352 |
| 1968 | — | — | 33 | #1,340 |
| 1967 | — | — | 41 | #1,165 |
| 1966 | — | — | 47 | #1,073 |
| 1965 | — | — | 45 | #1,107 |
| 1964 | — | — | 68 | #922 |
| 1963 | — | — | 59 | #984 |
| 1962 | — | — | 51 | #1,070 |
| 1961 | — | — | 63 | #969 |
| 1960 | — | — | 54 | #1,046 |
| 1959 | — | — | 65 | #951 |
| 1958 | — | — | 68 | #915 |
| 1957 | — | — | 70 | #909 |
| 1956 | — | — | 82 | #822 |
| 1955 | — | — | 77 | #836 |
| 1954 | — | — | 66 | #908 |
| 1953 | — | — | 76 | #825 |
| 1952 | — | — | 89 | #746 |
| 1951 | — | — | 84 | #763 |
| 1950 | — | — | 83 | #755 |
| 1949 | — | — | 97 | #692 |
| 1948 | — | — | 83 | #737 |
| 1947 | — | — | 93 | #711 |
| 1946 | — | — | 85 | #704 |
| 1945 | — | — | 78 | #684 |
| 1944 | — | — | 89 | #658 |
| 1943 | — | — | 92 | #669 |
| 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 | #544 |
| 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 | #406 |
| 1906 | — | — | 40 | #323 |
| 1905 | — | — | 25 | #430 |
| 1904 | — | — | 36 | #335 |
| 1903 | — | — | 22 | #431 |
| 1902 | — | — | 33 | #337 |
| 1901 | — | — | 29 | #335 |
| 1900 | — | — | 27 | #433 |
| 1899 | — | — | 18 | #439 |
| 1898 | — | — | 31 | #345 |
| 1897 | — | — | 22 | #404 |
| 1896 | — | — | 26 | #380 |
| 1895 | — | — | 25 | #383 |
| 1894 | — | — | 19 | #441 |
| 1893 | — | — | 20 | #401 |
| 1892 | — | — | 22 | #405 |
| 1891 | — | — | 17 | #427 |
| 1890 | — | — | 18 | #424 |
| 1889 | — | — | 17 | #446 |
| 1888 | — | — | 20 | #417 |
| 1887 | — | — | 18 | #393 |
| 1886 | — | — | 16 | #453 |
| 1885 | — | — | 25 | #344 |
| 1884 | — | — | 20 | #399 |
| 1883 | — | — | 14 | #481 |
| 1882 | — | — | 16 | #454 |
| 1881 | — | — | 12 | #505 |
| 1880 | — | — | 20 | #382 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).