Boys' name · since 1969
Altonio
Altonio has 194 recorded births since 1969 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1978 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,138 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 194
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
Altonio sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 194 recorded since 1969.
Altonio has 194 recorded births among boys since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2009.
- #13,138 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 194 born since 1969
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Altonio ranks #13,138 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 194 born since 1969, peaking in the 1970s.
- #13,138 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 194
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
Altonio's 194 recorded births place it above 71.03% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
Altonio's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Altonio splits its recorded history at 1983: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1976 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1978 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Altonio popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2009
- Peak year (1978)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2009.
194 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 13 births in a single year.
Altonio by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (77 births, 40% of the file).
1970s was Altonio's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Altonio births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
77 births
- 1980s
1980s
54 births
- 1990s
1990s
34 births
- 2000s 23
2000s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 77 births (40% of all-time use).
Altonio decade highlights
- Peak decade 77 births
- Runner-up 54 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Altonio by state
Where Altonio concentrates geographically, total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 2.6% |
5 of 194 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 2.6% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Altonio's data
- Altonio's decade-level peak was the 1970s (77 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Altonios (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Altonio: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~40 yrs)
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, 1969–2009 (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 Altonio 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.
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