Alpharetta vs Alphonza
American parents have registered 508 Alphonzas since 1880, against 16 Alpharettas. Neither name reached five babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Alpharetta Alphonza
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 54 years in which either name was published, Alphonza for 52 years and Alpharetta for 2 years. The lead changed hands 2 times.
- 1916–1919 Alphonza ahead
- 1921–1922 Alpharetta ahead
- 1926–1982 Alphonza ahead
Side by side
| Alpharetta | Alphonza | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 16 | 508 |
| Most in one year | 10 | 25 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 0 | 270 |
| Median age today | 104 | 68 |
| Peak year | 1921 | 1948 |
| Best rank | 3,164th girls | 1,460th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | unranked |
| First recorded | 1921 | 1916 |
| Girls / boys | 16 / 0 | 0 / 508 |
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 Alpharettas alive today are over 104; half the Alphonzas are over 68. That is 36 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Alpharetta and Alphonza.