Alonzo
Alonzo is ranked 512th among boys in 2024 (594 births). Its best rank was 110th, in 1880–1881.
- Rank in 2024
- #512up 23 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 5940.03% of boys
- Peak year
- 2022651 births
- Best rank
- #110first in 1880
- Since 1880
- 45,360people given the name
The story in the numbers
45,360 boys have been named Alonzo in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 651 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 528 → 512).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1973, and the 2010s alone account for 12%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Alonzo | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,088 | |
| 1890s | 879 | |
| 1900s | 808 | |
| 1910s | 2,218 | |
| 1920s | 2,986 | |
| 1930s | 2,434 | |
| 1940s | 2,647 | |
| 1950s | 3,966 | |
| 1960s | 4,394 | |
| 1970s | 3,491 | |
| 1980s | 3,619 | |
| 1990s | 4,262 | |
| 2000s | 4,328 | |
| 2010s | 5,250 | |
| 2020s | 2,990 |
In 2022, its biggest year
Alonzo was the 471st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.
Names that rose and fell with Alonzo
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mosespeak 2016
- Oscarpeak 2006
- Anguspeak 2006
- Antonpeak 1915
- Enochpeak 2023
- Abnerpeak 2024
- Enospeak 1921
- Eliepeak 2009
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.