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Alonzo

Meaning
Noble and ready
Origin
Variant of Alfonso · Germanic adal + funs (from Germanic)
Nicknames
Lonnie

Boy's name · #511 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Few names move less than Alonzo — on the books since 1880, #511 in 2025, and dependable in between. Roughly 46,000 boys share it. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

See where Alonzo is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 34 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Alonzo ranks in other countries and regions.

#1,271 in France (2025) · #1,711 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,184 in Canada (2024).

Famous Alonzos

In stories & tradition

What Alonzos become

Among 271 notable people named Alonzo:

Military figures appear 2.47× more often than among typical names — e.g. Alonzo Garcelon, American politician (1813–1906).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Alonso (#785), Alonzo would rank around #358 with about 910 births last year — the newborns split about 65/35 between Alonzo and Alonso.

About 91 boys a year are given Lonnie as their full name.

Similar names: Alonso · Lewis · Alfred · Vincenzo · Marshall · Harley

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