Alfonso vs Alford
American parents have registered 41,579 Alfonsos since 1880, against 4,795 Alfords. Alfonso is still ahead, with 223 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Alfonso Alford
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 146 years in which either name was published, Alfonso for 129 years and Alford for 17 years. The lead changed hands 5 times.
Side by side
| Alfonso | Alford | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 41,579 | 4,795 |
| Most in one year | 580 | 106 |
| Babies in 2025 | 223 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 29,000 | 1,600 |
| Median age today | 38 | 67 |
| Peak year | 1991 | 1930 |
| Best rank | 395th boys | 582nd boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 1,012th | unranked |
| First recorded | 1881 | 1880 |
| Girls / boys | 115 / 41,464 | 5 / 4,790 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Alfords alive today are over 67; half the Alfonsos are over 38. That is 29 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Alfonso New Mexico (6.7×), Arizona (3.5×), Texas (3.3×)
- Alford Mississippi (6.7×), Arkansas (5.9×), Alabama (5.9×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Alfonso and Alford.