How Many People Are Named Alphonso?
people named Alphonso are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 36,468 people in the US has this name
Based on 15,214 babies named Alphonso in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
319 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of ALFONSO.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Alphonso in English. Counting Alphonso and these spellings together, about 10,697 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Alphonso (99.8%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Alphonso alive today is about 53 years old, and 44% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 39 and 68 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Alphonso first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1962, to 319 babies. In 2025, 21 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Alphonso has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #376, in 1900. In 2025 it ranked #4,711.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,711 |
| Best rank | #376 (1900) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #443 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Alphonso alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Alphonso were born in Florida than in any other state: about 1,251 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alphonso was given 6.7 times as often in Florida, 5.2 times in South Carolina and 3.8 times in Virginia.
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