Alfonso
Boy nameAlfonso has been given to 41,579 babies in the U.S. since 1881. It peaked in 1991.
Meaning & origin /ælˈfɑnzoʊ/
From Spanish Alfonso and Italian Alfonso. Doublet of Alphonse.
Origin: Germanic languages
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
41,579
Peak year
1991 (580 babies)
Rank in 2025
Below top 1000
First recorded
1881
10-year trend
▼ -24%
Gender split
0% girls / 100% boys
Famous people named Alfonso
Callixtus III
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1455 to 1458 from the Borgia family
Alfonso XIII
King of Spain from 1886 to 1931 (1886–1941)
Alfonso X of Castile and Leon
King of Castile from 1252 to 1284
Alfonso Cuarón
Mexican filmmaker (born 1961)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
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