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Alonso

Meaning: Noble and ready
Origin: Germanic — Variant of Alfonso

Boy's name · #785 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Alonso reached its best rank, #622, in 2002 and ranked #785 in 2025. About 12,000 boys have carried it since 1915.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 16 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Alonso ranks in other countries and regions.

#72 in Spain (2024) · #104 in Mexico (2024) · #109 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #304 in Ecuador (2025) · #723 in Austria (2025) · #1,143 in Sweden (2025) · #1,642 in Canada (2025) · #1,897 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,104 in Italy (2024) · #2,221 in France (2025) · #1,249 in Belgium (2014).

Famous Alonsos

Alonso de Ojeda — Spanish conquistador, navigator and governor (c. 1466–c. 1515)
Alonso Cano — Spanish painter, architect and sculptor (1601–1667)
Alonso de Ercilla — Spanish soldier and poet (1533–1594)
Alonso Guerrero Pérez — Spanish writer (born 1962)
Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia — Spanish admiral (1550–1615)

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 30,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

Fernando Alonso — Spanish racing driver (born 1981)
Xabi Alonso — Spanish football manager and player (born 1981)
Alicia Alonso — Cuban ballerina (1920–2019)

In stories & tradition

Alonso Quijano — Protagonist of Don Quixote
Alonso^nl — Character from Shakespeare's "The Tempest"
Alonso de Entrerríos — El Ministerio del Tiempo (Spanish TV series)

What Alonsos become

Among 450 notable people named Alonso:

Military figures appear 6.35× more often than among typical names — e.g. Alonso de Ercilla, Spanish soldier and poet (1533–1594).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Alonzo (#511), Alonso would rank around #358 with about 910 births last year — the newborns split about 65/35 between Alonzo and Alonso.

Similar names: Alonzo · Carmelo · Alaric · Enzo · Camilo · Alvaro

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