Almanzo — #12722 US boys' name
27 babies named Almanzo in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 11% of names given to boys today.
44% of everyone ever named Almanzo was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Almanzo in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Almanzo
The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Almanzo between 1980 and 2024, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Almanzo currently holds the #12722 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Almanzo performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Almanzo shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Almanzo in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 27 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Almanzo at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Almanzo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1980
- Peak year (1980)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
Currently ranks #12722 among boys.
27 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 12 births in a single year.
Almanzo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 12 births that decade — 44% of Almanzo's all-time total
Almanzo decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Almanzo's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1980–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.