Alonza vs Aloysius
American parents have registered 5,724 Aloysiuses since 1880, against 3,321 Alonzas. Aloysius is still ahead, with 20 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Alonza Aloysius
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, Aloysius for 90 years and Alonza for 56 years. The lead changed hands 18 times.
- 1882–1941 Aloysius ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1942–1991 Alonza ahead, apart from 2 short spells
- 2002–2025 Aloysius ahead
13 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Alonza | Aloysius | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 3,321 | 5,724 |
| Most in one year | 60 | 199 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 20 |
| Estimated living today | 1,500 | 1,400 |
| Median age today | 60 | 49 |
| Peak year | 1961 | 1916 |
| Best rank | 1,001st boys | 394th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 4,857th |
| First recorded | 1880 | 1880 |
| Girls / boys | 6 / 3,315 | 0 / 5,724 |
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 Alonzas alive today are over 60; half the Aloysiuses are over 49. That is 11 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Alonza North Carolina (10.5×), Georgia (9.6×), Alabama (8.3×)
- Aloysius Pennsylvania (5.0×), Wisconsin (4.5×), Minnesota (2.8×)
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: Alonza and Aloysius.