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Alfonso

Gender

Male

Origin

Germanic
Ready
Spanish
Noble; eager; brave

Syllables

3

Themes

  • Exotic

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Alfonso

Pronunciation

a-lfon-so, al-fo-nso

Famous People

Filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón, Actor Alfonso Ribeiro, Athlete Alfonso Smith

Celebrity Babies

Son of Morgan Freeman, Son of Alfonso Ribeiro

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1991 (rank #397, 573 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1012, 223 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1972 (rank #5475, 9 births); most recent 1991 (rank #11505, 6 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025223–
2024251–
2023224–
2022251–
2021265–
2020209–
2019229–
2018235–
2017279–
2016229–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2008 (rank #2097, 9 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2658, 8 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
20258
20247
20238
20225
20217
20206
20196
20188
20176
20166

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1967 (rank #381, 37 births); most recent 2023 (rank #4813, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
20233
2022–
20213
20206
20194
2018–
2017–
20163
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence