Alphonse comes from the French tradition, meaning Noble, ready for battle.
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How popular is Alphonse?
1918peak year
Today, Alphonse is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #2961), with only about 44 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1918, 357 babies were given the name (ranked #288 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1920s. Alphonse has been trending upward in recent years. In all, around 10,536 babies have been registered as Alphonse since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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