Beto — #11097 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Beto

The Social Security Administration has registered 89 babies named Beto between 1963 and 2024, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Beto currently holds the #11097 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Beto performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Beto shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Beto in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Beto 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 89 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.