Boy or Girl

Is Alphonse a boy or girl name?

Alphonse is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 56 boys were named Alphonse, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0% of the 10,536 US babies named Alphonse were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
#2,437
Girl rank, 2024
Not ranked
Babies named Alphonse since 1880
10,536
Most popular year
1918
357 babies
Babies named Alphonse each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Alphonse from 1880 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Alphonse, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1880s17800%
1890s21800%
1900s34700%
1910s2,32600%
1920s2,52900%
1930s1,28100%
1940s95400%
1950s76000%
1960s49600%
1970s30400%
1980s23900%
1990s22100%
2000s15100%
2010s26500%
2020s26700%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
202456#2,4370–
202350#2,6160–
202255#2,4920–
202152#2,5230–
202054#2,4190–
201929#3,7180–
201835#3,2470–
201737#3,1270–
201644#2,7280–
201523#4,2990–
201426#3,9010–
201321#4,4710–
201216#5,4920–
201120#4,6630–
201014#6,0480–
200916#5,5620–
200816#5,4980–
200716#5,4410–
200611#6,9240–
200514#5,5870–
200411#6,5440–
200317#4,6180–
200217#4,5110–
200112#5,6810–
200021#3,7720–
199916#4,3480–
199818#3,8530–
199717#3,8870–
199617#3,8370–
199521#3,1950–
199427#2,6890–
199321#3,1440–
199228#2,5350–
199126#2,6110–
199030#2,3090–
198924#2,6180–
198816#3,2050–
198712#3,7370–
198632#1,8730–
198524#2,2270–
198419#2,5330–
198318#2,5820–
198236#1,6540–
198128#1,9440–
198030#1,8530–
197918#2,5730–
197822#2,1340–
197733#1,6440–
197635#1,5410–
197540#1,3790–
197429#1,6590–
197328#1,6540–
197233#1,4730–
197140#1,3300–
197026#1,7010–
196935#1,3520–
196833#1,3400–
196741#1,1650–
196647#1,0730–
196545#1,1080–
196468#9220–
196359#9820–
196251#1,0700–
196163#9700–
196054#1,0470–
195965#9510–
195868#9150–
195770#9090–
195682#8220–
195577#8360–
195466#9080–
195376#8250–
195289#7460–
195184#7630–
195083#7550–
194997#6920–
194883#7370–
194793#7110–
194685#7040–
194578#6840–
194489#6580–
194392#6690–
1942108#6060–
1941129#5250–
1940100#5910–
1939101#5690–
1938108#5590–
193786#6300–
1936119#5180–
1935113#5430–
1934137#4900–
1933110#5440–
1932147#4740–
1931201#3960–
1930159#4690–
1929191#4280–
1928226#3960–
1927197#4310–
1926221#3990–
1925271#3590–
1924249#3780–
1923282#3510–
1922289#3470–
1921274#3640–
1920329#3200–
1919324#3040–
1918357#2880–
1917316#2960–
1916306#2940–
1915297#2900–
1914250#2800–
1913197#2770–
1912142#3020–
191181#2950–
191056#3290–
190956#3070–
190848#3160–
190731#4060–
190640#3230–
190525#4300–
190436#3350–
190322#4310–
190233#3370–
190129#3350–
190027#4330–
189918#4390–
189831#3450–
189722#4040–
189626#3800–
189525#3830–
189419#4410–
189320#4010–
189222#4050–
189117#4270–
189018#4240–
188917#4460–
188820#4170–
188718#3930–
188616#4530–
188525#3440–
188420#3990–
188314#4810–
188216#4540–
188112#5050–
188020#3820–

Highest rank

As a boy name, Alphonse reached #277 in 1913. It has never been ranked as a girl name. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Alphonse

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.