Alto — boys' name

What the Data Says About Alto

The Social Security Administration has registered 561 babies named Alto between 1881 and 1991, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alto currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 20 babies received it in a single year. Alto is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 31 additional births since 1911.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alto performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 130 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Alto shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 155 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Alto in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alto 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 561 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.