Boys' name · since 1914
Alvaro
17,357 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.
- #894 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #777 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 17,357
- born since 1914
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Alvaro is the #777 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 17,357 recorded since 1914.
Alvaro has 17,357 recorded births among boys since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #777 as of the latest data, more common than 94% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2025.
- #894 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #777 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 17,357 born since 1914
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alvaro ranks #894 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #777 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 17,357 born since 1914, peaking in the 2000s.
- #894 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #777 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 17,357
- born since 1914
- 2000s
- peak decade
Alvaro's 17,357 recorded births place it above 98.03% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
31 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Alvaro compares
17,357 Top 7% higher than 93% of 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
Alvaro's all-time total is 47x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alvaro | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 17,357 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 441 | 34 | 22,252 |
Alvaro's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alvaro's full recorded timeline at 1970, 89% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 11% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1914, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2000 peak of 441 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alvaro popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025
- Peak year (2000)
- 441
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Alvaro popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2002 (Alvaro as girls' name)
Alvaro by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (3,910 births, 23% of the file).
2000s was Alvaro's strongest decade.
3,910 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Alvaro births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 78
1910s
78 births
- 1920s 259
1920s
259 births
- 1930s 232
1930s
232 births
- 1940s 270
1940s
270 births
- 1950s 499
1950s
499 births
- 1960s 658
1960s
658 births
- 1970s 1,202
1970s
1,202 births
- 1980s
1980s
2,422 births
- 1990s
1990s
3,355 births
- 2000s
2000s
3,910 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,575 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,897 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 3,910 births (23% of all-time use).
How Alvaro compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Alvaro's total volume
Alvaro by state
Where Alvaro concentrates geographically, total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5,901 | 34.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 3,950 | 22.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 847 | 4.9% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 718 | 4.1% |
| #5 | New York | | 698 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 641 | 3.7% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 271 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 243 | 1.4% |
5,901 of 17,357 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Alvaro appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Alvaro's data
- Alvaro's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (3,910 total births) through the 2020s (1,897) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Alvaros (5,901 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alvaro: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~111 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, 1914–2025 (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 Alvaro 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.