Afonso is a distinctive choice, ranked #1595 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Afonso in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1595
About the Name Afonso
Afonso is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 340 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1382 in 2018 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 2004.
Afonso is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Afonso
Unlikely. With around 16 UK babies named Afonso per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Afonso in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Afonso is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 340 places over the last five years to #1595 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Afonso is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Afonso include: Afonso Alves — Afonso Alves Martins Júnior, better known as Afonso Alves, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker.; Afonso, Prince of Beira — Dom Afonso de Braganza, Prince of Beira, is the eldest son of Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza and Isabel, Duchess of Braganza.; Afonso Eulálio — Afonso Oliveira Eulálio is a Portuguese cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious..
Afonso does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Afonsos in the wild.
16
UK babies named Afonso (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 340 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Afonso
Likely around 1 other Afonso in the class
UK Popularity (2004–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Afonso
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Afonso Alves Martins Júnior, better known as Afonso Alves, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He represented Atlético Mineiro, Örgryte, Malmö FF, Heerenveen, Middlesbrough, Al-Sadd, Al-Rayyan and Al-Gharafa during a career that spanned between 2001 and 2013.
Dom Afonso de Braganza, Prince of Beira, is the eldest son of Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza and Isabel, Duchess of Braganza. Being the heir of the House of Braganza, he bears the courtesy title of Prince of Beira.
Afonso Bandeira Florence is a Brazilian politician serving as a member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2011. From 2011 to 2012, he served as minister of agrarian development.
Mvemba a Nzinga, Nzinga Mbemba, Funsu Nzinga Mvemba or Dom Alfonso, also known as King Afonso I, was the sixth ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo from the Lukeni kanda dynasty and ruled in the first half of the 16th century. He reigned over the Kongo Empire from 1509 to late 1542 or 1543.
Afonso, Hereditary Prince of Portugal was the first son of king John III of Portugal and his queen, Catherine of Austria. He was the Prince of Portugal but died in the same year he was born, in 1526.
Afonso V, also known as the African (Portuguese: o Africano), was King of Portugal from 1438 until he died in 1481, with a brief interruption in 1477. The son of Edward, King of Portugal, and Eleanor of Aragon, Afonso acceded to the throne when he was only six years old.
Afonso II, also called Afonso the Fat (Afonso o Gordo) and Afonso the Leper (Afonso o Gafo), was King of Portugal from 1211 until 1223. Afonso was the third monarch of Portugal.