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The first name Alfons

A boy’s name.

2 syllables Male

Popularity in the United States

Babies named Alfons at birth, 1880–2025

In 1969, 5 boys born in the United States were named Alfons, the 4,421st most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1919, when 32 were.

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441
babies named Alfons since 1880
#4,421
rank in 1969
1919
peak year

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

Famous people named Alfons

29 on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • 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, born 1999
  • Alfons Lütke-Westhues
    German equestrian (1930-2004)
  • Alfons Deloor
    Belgian road bicycle racer (1910–1995)

Questions

Is Alfons a boy's or a girl's name?
Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 441 US babies named Alfons since 1880 were boys.
When was Alfons most popular?
1919 in the United States, when 32 babies were named Alfons, its highest rank at 1,247th.