Is Alonza a boy or girl name?

Alonza is a boy’s name. Of the 3,321 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.2% were girls and 99.8% were boys.

Alonza

Recorded 1880–2022 · United States

Alonza was most popular in 1961, when 60 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,336 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,321 people named Alonza.

Alonza over time

Births per year. The dot marks Alonza’s peak in 1961. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Alonza a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Alonza is a boy’s name — 0.2% of the 3,321 Americans given it were girls and 99.8% 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 Alonza

Where Alonza 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