Alonzo
Top 1000
About Alonzo
Alonzo is dashing and debonair, with a large measure of Latin flair.
You may be surprised to know that Alonzo has been on the Most Popular list since 1880, when such records began to be kept, at which point it was Number 110. The same is true for nickname Lon, which was 193 at the time.
Alonso Quijano was the real name of Don Quixote--Alonso being the Spanish version of the name. In the old Judy Garland musical Meet Me in St. Louis, Alonzo/Lon was the name of both her father and brother.
Horror film star Lon Chaney was christened Leonidas, but Lon Chaney, Jr. was Creighton at birth. Alonzo Mourning is a former basketball star who goes by the nickname Zo--much more modern sounding than Lon or Lonnie.
Pronounced uh-LAHN-zo.
As of October 2026, Alonzo ranked #511 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #110 in 1881, Nameberry popularity #956.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #528 | 527 | 274.4 |
| 2015 | #527 | 542 | 282.8 |
| 2016 | #565 | 499 | 262.9 |
| 2017 | #522 | 549 | 296.6 |
| 2018 | #474 | 612 | 337 |
| 2019 | #470 | 633 | 352.8 |
| 2020 | #477 | 625 | 362.1 |
| 2021 | #515 | 569 | 325.2 |
| 2022 | #471 | 651 | 372.9 |
| 2023 | #535 | 551 | 322.1 |
| 2024 | #512 | 594 | 344.8 |
| 2025 | #511 | 590 | 345.4 |
World rankings
Similar names
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Alonzo on lists
Famous Alonzos
- Alonzo Edward Gee
American basketball player
- Alonzo Harding Mourning
American basketball player
- Alonzo Keith Mathis aka Gorilla Zoe
American rapper
- Alonzo Church
American mathematician
- Alonzo Babers
American Olympic runner
- Alonzo Barton Cornell
American politician; 27th Governor of New York
- Alonzo Dillard Folger
U.S. Congressman from North Carolina
- Alonzo M. "Lon" Poff
American actor
Alonzo in pop culture
- Alonzo Solace
character on TV's "Earth 2"
- Alonzo
character in Disney's 101 Dalmatians (1996)
- Alonzo
cat in musical "Cats"
- Alonzo Smith and Alonzo "Lon" Smith
Jr., characters in 1944 film "Meet Me in St. Louis"
- (Ignacio) Alonzo Julio Frederico de Tito aka Tito
chihuahua in Disney's Oliver & Company