# Alonso (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alonso/  
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 | 12,231 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 12,231 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 172, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 347 | 678 |
| 2012 | 312 | 742 |
| 2013 | 348 | 688 |
| 2014 | 339 | 712 |
| 2015 | 333 | 733 |
| 2016 | 319 | 763 |
| 2017 | 317 | 746 |
| 2018 | 300 | 772 |
| 2019 | 316 | 755 |
| 2020 | 297 | 784 |
| 2021 | 318 | 778 |
| 2022 | 340 | 752 |
| 2023 | 287 | 845 |
| 2024 | 328 | 769 |
| 2025 | 324 | 785 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 12 | 1,819 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,259 |
| 2019 | 12 | 1,869 |
| 2020 | 13 | 1,723 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,125 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,165 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,263 |
| 2025 | 13 | 1,897 |

## People named Alonso

- Alonso Berruguete, 16th century Spanish painter, sculptor and architect (c.1486-1561)
- Alonso de Aragón, Catholic Archbishop; illegitimate child of Ferdinand II of Aragon (1470-1520)
- Alonso Fernández de Lugo, Andalusian military man and administrator
- Alonso Martínez, Costa Rican association football player
- Alonso de Montúfar, Archbishop of Mexico
- Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta, Catholic bishop and viceroy of New Spain (1729-1800)
- Alonso de Ovalle, Chilean Priest and historian
- Alonso Solís Calderón, Costa Rican footballer
- Alonso Zapata, Colombian chess Grandmaster
- Alonso III Fonseca, Galician politician
- Gabriel Suazo, Chilean soccer player
- Adrián García, Chilean tennis player

## 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.