The name Alfonso is of Italian origin, and means eager or noble.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Alfonso has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Alfonso
Use of the Name Alfonso for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
35,023
21,777
11,972
4,744
2,271
904
452
The table below indicates the number of times the name Alfonso has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Alfonso first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1881, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Alfonso
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1881
783
6
1882
842
6
1883
644
9
1884
1885
1886
697
8
1887
1888
815
7
1889
794
7
1890
998
5
1891
600
10
1892
690
10
1893
769
8
1894
858
7
1895
685
10
1896
552
14
1897
556
14
1898
473
19
1899
614
11
1900
375
35
1901
394
23
1902
426
23
1903
430
22
1904
360
31
1905
337
36
1906
395
30
1907
328
42
1908
365
39
1909
303
57
1910
318
60
1911
333
68
1912
327
132
1913
326
156
1914
384
152
1915
398
183
1916
384
207
1917
368
231
1918
389
238
1919
396
220
1920
346
287
1921
330
321
1922
335
303
1923
311
336
1924
304
355
1925
314
330
1926
312
328
1927
311
338
1928
302
337
1929
295
355
1930
295
376
1931
300
343
1932
307
324
1933
323
276
1934
331
269
1935
335
266
1936
316
289
1937
331
268
1938
325
290
1939
326
285
1940
347
268
1941
363
259
1942
373
266
1943
374
266
1944
364
273
1945
369
263
1946
380
294
1947
362
356
1948
346
380
1949
360
347
1950
358
357
1951
366
350
1952
362
348
1953
348
397
1954
353
410
1955
368
385
1956
388
373
1957
380
412
1958
398
383
1959
402
389
1960
407
383
1961
398
396
1962
425
355
1963
405
394
1964
404
391
1965
399
385
1966
394
364
1967
385
383
1968
409
356
1969
417
360
1970
405
401
1971
397
413
1972
400
382
1973
371
425
1974
390
394
1975
374
432
1976
395
381
1977
388
411
1978
377
415
1979
382
442
1980
381
447
1981
375
457
1982
392
429
1983
395
419
1984
414
396
1985
393
457
1986
376
487
1987
418
437
1988
398
496
1989
419
495
1990
424
535
1991
395
573
1992
420
530
1993
421
543
1994
432
527
1995
460
490
1996
441
508
1997
440
505
1998
465
484
1999
465
486
2000
489
476
2001
523
425
2002
494
466
2003
522
452
2004
523
452
Totals:
35,023
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Alfonso as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Alfonso appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 121 times during the last 125 years.