# Alfonso (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alfonso/  
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 | /ælˈfɑnzoʊ/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Alfie |
| Variant spellings | Alfonzo, Alonso, Alonzo, Alphonso, Alphonzo |
| US babies named this | 41,579 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 41,464 / 115 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 153, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Spanish Alfonso and Italian Alfonso. Doublet of Alphonse.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 5 | 5,254 |
| 1951 | 6 | 4,841 |
| 1952 | 5 | 5,569 |
| 1962 | 6 | 5,866 |
| 1967 | 5 | 6,816 |
| 1968 | 5 | 7,031 |
| 1970 | 6 | 7,082 |
| 1972 | 9 | 5,486 |
| 1973 | 6 | 7,455 |
| 1978 | 5 | 9,783 |
| 1980 | 5 | 10,420 |
| 1982 | 5 | 10,548 |
| 1986 | 5 | 10,951 |
| 1987 | 7 | 8,797 |
| 1991 | 6 | 11,549 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 279 | 795 |
| 2012 | 283 | 798 |
| 2013 | 286 | 787 |
| 2014 | 263 | 849 |
| 2015 | 293 | 796 |
| 2016 | 229 | 927 |
| 2017 | 279 | 811 |
| 2018 | 235 | 915 |
| 2019 | 229 | 942 |
| 2020 | 209 | 1,007 |
| 2021 | 265 | 871 |
| 2022 | 252 | 920 |
| 2023 | 224 | 977 |
| 2024 | 251 | 922 |
| 2025 | 223 | 1,012 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Alfons
- Chinese: 阿方索, 亞豐索 /亚丰索
- Danish: Alfons
- Dutch: Alfons
- French: Alphonse
- Georgian: ალფონსი, ალფონსო
- German: Alfons
- Greek: Αλφόνσος
- Hindi: अलफ़ोन्सो
- Hungarian: Alfonz
- Italian: Alfonso
- Latin: Alphonsus
- Latvian: Alfons
- Polish: Alfons
- Portuguese: Alfonso, Afonso
- Romanian: Alfons
- Russian: Альфонс
- Spanish: Alfonso
- Swedish: Alfons
- Vietnamese: Anphongsô, Anphonsô, An Phong

## People named Alfonso

- Alfonso VII of Castile, Castilian monarch
- Alfonso I of Asturias, duke of Cantabria and king of Asturias
- Alfonso López Michelsen, 32 President of Colombia from 1974 to 1978
- Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, Crown Prince of Spain (1907–1938); heir apparent to the throne until 1933
- Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio (1476–1534)
- Alfonso Ribeiro, American actor
- Alfonso López Trujillo, Catholic cardinal (1935–2008)
- Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao, Galician writer, painter, doctor and politician (1886-1950)
- Alfonso II d'Este, duke of Ferrara from 1559 to 1597 (1533–1597)
- Alfonso López Pumarejo, Colombian politician (1886-1959)
- Alfonso Cano, Colombian revolutionary (1948–2011)
- Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta, Count of Caserta (1841–1934)

## 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.