# Alphonse (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alphonse/  
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 | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Fonzi |
| Variant spellings | Alfonse |
| US babies named this | 10,590 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10,590 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 36, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From French Alphonse, from Spanish Alfonso, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Aþalafunsaz, from *aþalaz + *funsaz. Doublet of Alfonso.

## 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 | 20 | 4,665 |
| 2012 | 16 | 5,493 |
| 2013 | 21 | 4,471 |
| 2014 | 26 | 3,902 |
| 2015 | 23 | 4,299 |
| 2016 | 44 | 2,729 |
| 2017 | 37 | 3,128 |
| 2018 | 35 | 3,247 |
| 2019 | 29 | 3,721 |
| 2020 | 54 | 2,419 |
| 2021 | 52 | 2,523 |
| 2022 | 55 | 2,493 |
| 2023 | 50 | 2,618 |
| 2024 | 57 | 2,421 |
| 2025 | 53 | 2,516 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Alphonse

- Alphonse de Lamartine, French author, poet and statesman (1790-1869)
- Alphonse Daudet, French novelist, playwright, and poet (1840–1897)
- Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician
- Alphonse Areola, French footballer (born 1993)
- Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, French critic, journalist, and novelist (1808-1890)
- Alphonse Allais, French writer and humorist (1854–1905)
- Alphonse Borrelly, French astronomer
- Alphonse Massamba-Débat, Congolese politician (1921-1977)
- Alphonse Bertillon, French forensic scientist (1853–1914)
- Alphonse Milne-Edwards, Anglo-French zoologist (1835-1900)
- Alphonse, Count of Poitiers, Count of Poitou
- Alphonse Jourdain, Count of Tripoli, 1105-1109, thereafter Count of Toulouse

## 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.