# Alfons (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alfons/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 441 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 441 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 11 | 2,454 |
| 1930 | 7 | 3,295 |
| 1931 | 10 | 2,472 |
| 1932 | 12 | 2,191 |
| 1933 | 6 | 3,275 |
| 1937 | 11 | 2,199 |
| 1938 | 6 | 3,180 |
| 1939 | 7 | 2,835 |
| 1940 | 5 | 3,468 |
| 1949 | 6 | 3,306 |
| 1957 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 1958 | 5 | 3,959 |
| 1962 | 7 | 3,308 |
| 1964 | 11 | 2,546 |
| 1969 | 5 | 4,421 |

## People named Alfons

- Alfonso II of Aragon, Aragonese monarch (1157-1196)
- Alfons Gorbach, Austrian politician (1898-1972)
- Alfons Maria Stickler, Catholic cardinal (1910–2007)
- Alfons Rebane, Estonian military personnel (1908–1976)
- Alfons Dorfner, Canoe racer and Olympic champion (1911–1982)
- Alfons Van Brandt, Belgian footballer (1927-2011)
- Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist (1884–1931)
- Alfons Dopsch, Austrian social and economic historian (1868–1953)
- Alfons Peeters, Belgian footballer (1943–2015)
- Alfons Amade, football player
- Alfons Lütke-Westhues, German equestrian (1930-2004)
- Alfons Deloor, Belgian road bicycle racer (1910–1995)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.