NameTides

Alphonse

Alphonse was the #2,516 boys' name in the US in 2025 (53 babies), and #1,251 in Canada.

Alphonse as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Alphonse as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Alphonse as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,516 (53)—#1,251 (19)
2024#2,418 (57)#5,120 (3)#1,246 (18)
2023#2,614 (50)#4,108 (4)#1,342 (15)
2022#2,493 (55)—#1,415 (14)
2021#2,523 (52)—#1,076 (21)
2020#2,419 (54)—#1,312 (15)
2019#3,716 (29)—#1,448 (13)
2018#3,240 (35)—#1,572 (11)
2017#3,123 (37)#3,040 (6)#1,852 (9)
2016#2,726 (44)#4,023 (4)#2,718 (5)
2015#4,295 (23)#3,908 (4)—
2014#3,891 (26)#4,632 (3)—
2013#4,463 (21)#3,315 (5)—
2012#5,482 (16)——
2011#4,659 (20)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1913 at #277.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 32,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 32,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Alphonse is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 31,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 28,000 to 1 in 35,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alphonse by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,998CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,285TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Alphonse (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#32614

Alphonse (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AlphonseCanadaBoys#1,25119
AlphonseEngland & WalesBoys—too few
AlphonseNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AlphonseUSBoys#2,51653