Boy
Alphonse
Alphonse means "French form of Alfonso" and comes from French, giving it real etymological depth as a boy's name. It had its heyday in the 1920s and has mostly fallen out of use since. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. The name's best year yet was 1918.
FrenchFrench form of Alfonso
EtymologyMeaning "noble and ready"
Births by decade
1900s
347
1910s
2,326
1920s
2,529
1930s
1,280
1940s
956
1950s
757
1960s
496
1970s
304
1980s
239
1990s
221
2000s
151
2010s
201
Peaked in the 1920s · 9,807 total U.S. births since 1900