Alonzo

A boys’ name of Spanish origin, meaning noble and ready; from Alfonso.

Babies a year
543
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#511
up from #512
UK popularity
#1705
15 babies

How Alonzo has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#422#518#613201520202025#511

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#528
2016#566
2017#522
2018#474
2019#469
2020#475
2021#515
2022#470
2023#537
2024#512
2025#511

Alonzo by the numbers

In 2025, 15 babies in England and Wales were named Alonzo. In the US, 543 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 545 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

At its height, in 1880, about 1 in 970 American boys born that year was called Alonzo.

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Alonzo as a share of American boys born, 1880 to 2008, at five year intervals. Source: US Social Security Administration.

Names that come from Alonzo

Forms of Alonzo in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Lonzonoble and eager; a form of Alonzo12 in the US (2017)
  • Elonzoeager; ready; a form of Alonzo7 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Alonzo. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Alonsonoble and ready, eager for battle316 in the US (2017)
  • Alfonzonoble and ready; a form of Alfonso25 in the US (2017)
  • Alanzo12 in the US (2017)
  • Alfonsonoble and ready; noble readiness276 in the US (2017)
  • Afonsonoble and ready; a form of alphonse12 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alanonoble and bright; a form of Alan11 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean nobility

Like Alonzo, each of these has nobility in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Aaronmountain of strength; exalted7,185 in the US (2017)
  • Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
  • Nolanchampion, descendant of the noble one5,403 in the US (2017)
  • Patrickof noble birth; patrician375 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aryanoble; honorable; aryan2,201 in the US (2017)
  • Bryanhigh, noble; a form of Brian1,827 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Alonzo

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