Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Alphonsus

#7,699 most common boys' name of all time · #19,369 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1883–2025

Rank among boys
#7,699
Rank overall
#19,369 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
454
Since 2016
46
Peak year
1917 #1,302
Best rank
#789 1892
Girls Boys peak 28/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Alphonsus first appears in 1883. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 7 7 #9,737
2024 — 9 9 #8,332
2023 — 10 10 #7,758
2022 — 8 8 #9,020
2020 — 6 6 #10,653
2019 — 6 6 #10,841
1978 — 5 5 #5,823
1975 — 5 5 #5,521
1965 — 9 9 #2,808
1962 — 7 7 #3,352
1959 — 5 5 #4,058
1957 — 5 5 #4,051
1950 — 6 6 #3,381
1945 — 5 5 #3,404
1942 — 9 9 #2,563
1941 — 9 9 #2,523
1940 — 6 6 #3,181
1939 — 5 5 #3,550
1937 — 5 5 #3,578
1936 — 9 9 #2,490
1935 — 6 6 #3,310
1932 — 7 7 #3,135
1931 — 7 7 #3,134
1930 — 6 6 #3,650
1929 — 13 13 #2,234
1928 — 15 15 #2,079
1926 — 9 9 #2,934
1925 — 14 14 #2,220
1924 — 20 20 #1,795
1923 — 13 13 #2,348
1922 — 22 22 #1,659
1921 — 10 10 #2,843
1920 — 20 20 #1,769
1919 — 10 10 #2,692
1918 — 8 8 #3,136
1917 — 28 28 #1,302
1916 — 10 10 #2,575
1915 — 11 11 #2,348
1914 — 13 13 #1,799
1913 — 8 8 #2,135
1911 — 5 5 #1,814
1901 — 6 6 #1,018
1900 — 5 5 #1,400
1898 — 8 8 #869
1895 — 8 8 #858
1892 — 9 9 #789
1890 — 5 5 #1,103
1889 — 5 5 #1,071
1887 — 6 6 #906
1884 — 6 6 #946
1883 — 5 5 #982