Is Alfonse a boy or girl name?

Alfonse is a boy’s name. Of the 1,392 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

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Alfonse

Recorded 1906–2023 · United States

Alfonse was most popular in 1917, when 51 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,810 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,392 people named Alfonse.

Alfonse over time

Births per year. The dot marks Alfonse’s peak in 1917. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Alfonse a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Alfonse is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 1,392 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Alfonse

Where Alfonse is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org