# Alphonso (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alphonso/  
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 | Italian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 15,214 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 15,187 / 27 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Italian or Spanish 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 6 | 4,059 |
| 1960 | 6 | 5,711 |
| 1963 | 5 | 6,608 |
| 1976 | 5 | 9,322 |
| 1987 | 5 | 11,371 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 43 | 2,751 |
| 2012 | 37 | 3,061 |
| 2013 | 26 | 3,866 |
| 2014 | 28 | 3,696 |
| 2015 | 23 | 4,300 |
| 2016 | 31 | 3,528 |
| 2017 | 33 | 3,384 |
| 2018 | 26 | 3,997 |
| 2019 | 22 | 4,486 |
| 2020 | 23 | 4,281 |
| 2021 | 18 | 5,116 |
| 2022 | 19 | 5,027 |
| 2023 | 23 | 4,460 |
| 2024 | 17 | 5,454 |
| 2025 | 21 | 4,712 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | 2,943 |

## People named Alphonso

- Alphonso Davies, Canadian soccer player
- Alphonso Taft, American diplomat (1810–1891)
- William Alphonso Murrill, American botanist and mycologist (1869–1957)
- Alphonso Johnson, American musician
- Edward Alphonso Goldman, American zoologist (1873-1946)
- Alphonso Wood, American botanist (1810-1881)
- Alphonso Jackson, 13th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- Alphonso McAuley, American actor
- Alphonso Lingis, American philosopher (1933-2025)
- Alan Alda, American actor (born 1936)
- Wayne Brady, American actor, comedian, and television personality
- Theo Pinson, American basketball player (born 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.