first name
ALPHONSO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 7,754 people named Alphonso, 79.9% reported their origin as Black, 10.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.2% as White. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Alphonso peaked in 1962, when 319 babies got the name.
At least 15,214 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Alphonso by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #977. The largest share of babies named Alphonso, 32.9%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Alphonso is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Alphonso has been most common in South Carolina (5.4×), Florida (4.9×), and District of Columbia (4.3×), and least common in Louisiana (0.17×).
11,166 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Alphonso
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Alphonso, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Alphonso ranks #29,648 of 156,621, with 848 people. See Alphonso as a last name
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