Alphonzo
Alphons is a male given name recorded from the 8th century in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula. In the later medieval period it became a standard name in the Hispanic and Portuguese royal families.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Alphonzo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Alphons is a male given name recorded from the 8th century in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula. In the later medieval period it became a standard name in the Hispanic and Portuguese royal families.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Alphonzo
Alphonzo first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1895, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1963: 43 births, good for #1,175 nationwide. Alphonzo last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Alphonzo
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About the name Alphonzo
Alphonzo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1895 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Alphonzo's peak popularity came in 1963 when it ranked #1,175. Use the chart and map above to compare Alphonzo's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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