Alvaro — #770 US boys' name
17,027 babies named Alvaro in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 95% of names given to boys today.
23% of everyone ever named Alvaro was born in this single decade.
441 babies were named Alvaro in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alvaro
The Social Security Administration has registered 17,027 babies named Alvaro between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alvaro currently holds the #770 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 441 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alvaro performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 3,910 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Alvaro shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5,829 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Alvaro in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alvaro 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 17,027 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.
Alvaro at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Alvaro popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1914
- Peak year (2000)
- 441
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
Currently ranks #770 among boys.
17,027 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 441 births in a single year.
Alvaro popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2002 (Alvaro as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Alvaro accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Alvaro by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 3,910 births that decade — 23% of Alvaro's all-time total
Alvaro decade highlights
- Peak decade 3,910 births
- Runner-up 3,353 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Alvaro's strongest decade
3,910 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Alvaro by state
Where Alvaro concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5,829 | 34.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 3,859 | 22.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 826 | 4.9% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 706 | 4.1% |
| #5 | New York | | 688 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 628 | 3.7% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 271 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 243 | 1.4% |
5,829 of 17,027 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 34.2% of nationwide
- Texas 22.7% of nationwide
- Florida 4.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.1% of nationwide
- New York 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 31 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 34.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Alvaro appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1914–2024 (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.