Unisex name · since 2013

Alo

90 babies named Alo in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#18,056 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#11,564 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
90
born since 2013
2020s
peak decade

Alo currently ranks #11564 among unisex names in America, with 90 babies recorded since 2013.

Social Security Administration records show Alo recorded 90 times among boys since 2013, holding rank #11564 nationally today, ahead of 17% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2025.

  • #18,056 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #11,564 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 90 born since 2013
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alo ranks #18,056 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,564 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 90 born since 2013, peaking in the 2020s.

#18,056 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#11,564 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
90
born since 2013
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%16.9%
Alo vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Alo's 90 recorded births place it above 60.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.

How Alo compares

90 24th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Alo's all-time total is 76% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Alo Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 90 369 358,536
Peak-year births 15 34 22,252

Alo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Alo splits its recorded history at 2021: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2015 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Alo popularity over time - boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2022)
15
Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
05101520 2013201520162019202020212022202320242025 6

Alo popularity over time - girls

5 total births recorded since 2022 (Alo as girls' name)

Unisex variant - 5 births
5 2022 5

Alo by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (62 births, 69% of the file).

2020s was Alo's strongest decade.

62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.

Alo births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 62 births (69% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Alo by state

Where Alo concentrates geographically, total births since 2013

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Alo
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 5.6%
California share of Alo's total US births 5.6%

5 of 90 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Alo?
90 babies have been named Alo since 2013. All-time, it sits at #18,056 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #11,564 of 13,930 among boys. The peak year was 2022 with 15 births.
Where does Alo sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alo ranks #18,056 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,564 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Alo most popular?
Alo was most popular in the 2020s decade with 62 total births. The single peak year was 2022.
Where is Alo most popular?
The top states for the name Alo are California (5 births).
Is Alo a unisex name?
Yes, Alo is used for both boys and girls. As a boy's name it has 90 births, and as a girl's name it has 5 births.
How long has the name Alo been used?
Records for Alo go back to 2013, giving 13 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Alo?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Alonzo, Alonso, Aloysius, Alonza, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Alo's data

  • California records the most Alos (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Alo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2013–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Alo draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.