Consuelo
Consuelo was given to 13 girls in 2025, #7,975 among girls’ names; 17,045 Americans have been recorded with it since 1890 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 9,150 Americans named Consuelo and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (54% of everyone recorded); the median is 54 years old and half are between 41 and 71.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Consuelo by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Consuelo mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Consuelo is “a female given name” Its etymology gives the senses “solace” (consuelo) and “Our Lady of Consolation” (as).
From consuelo (“solace”), shortened from María del Consuelo, variant of María de la Consolación, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as “Our Lady of Consolation”.
/konˈswelo/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Consuelo?
#7,975 among girls’ names, 2025
Consuelo fell from #6,515 in 2015 to #7,975 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 10.6 to 8.1 per million.
387 babies in 1928, the peak
Consuelo peaked in 1928, when 387 babies were given it (379 girls, #347 among girls’ names). The 13 births of 2025 are 3% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,975 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,687 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,727 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,775 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,339 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,384 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,222 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,195 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,547 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,677 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (132)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 19 | #6,515 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,920 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,525 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 34 | #4,313 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,778 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,274 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 40 | #3,885 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 60 | #2,929 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 49 | #3,391 | 0.03 |
| 2006 | 49 | #3,325 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 60 | #2,761 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 52 | #3,006 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 54 | #2,844 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 81 | #2,099 | 0.05 |
| 2001 | 72 | #2,240 | 0.04 |
| 2000 | 84 | #1,985 | 0.05 |
| 1999 | 94 | #1,719 | 0.05 |
| 1998 | 77 | #1,958 | 0.04 |
| 1997 | 97 | #1,624 | 0.06 |
| 1996 | 125 | #1,348 | 0.07 |
| 1995 | 89 | #1,648 | 0.05 |
| 1994 | 86 | #1,714 | 0.05 |
| 1993 | 115 | #1,410 | 0.06 |
| 1992 | 90 | #1,673 | 0.05 |
| 1991 | 103 | #1,501 | 0.05 |
| 1990 | 99 | #1,543 | 0.05 |
| 1989 | 100 | #1,460 | 0.05 |
| 1988 | 94 | #1,456 | 0.05 |
| 1987 | 120 | #1,204 | 0.07 |
| 1986 | 107 | #1,262 | 0.06 |
| 1985 | 105 | #1,277 | 0.06 |
| 1984 | 120 | #1,138 | 0.07 |
| 1983 | 162 | #919 | 0.10 |
| 1982 | 155 | #958 | 0.09 |
| 1981 | 165 | #907 | 0.10 |
| 1980 | 160 | #934 | 0.10 |
| 1979 | 158 | #934 | 0.10 |
| 1978 | 169 | #868 | 0.11 |
| 1977 | 185 | #812 | 0.12 |
| 1976 | 231 | #662 | 0.16 |
| 1975 | 253 | #623 | 0.17 |
| 1974 | 248 | #626 | 0.17 |
| 1973 | 267 | #590 | 0.18 |
| 1972 | 306 | #546 | 0.20 |
| 1971 | 282 | #605 | 0.17 |
| 1970 | 154 | #868 | 0.09 |
| 1969 | 137 | #904 | 0.08 |
| 1968 | 139 | #869 | 0.08 |
| 1967 | 122 | #928 | 0.07 |
| 1966 | 147 | #821 | 0.09 |
| 1965 | 134 | #862 | 0.08 |
| 1964 | 114 | #1,001 | 0.06 |
| 1963 | 159 | #827 | 0.08 |
| 1962 | 121 | #967 | 0.06 |
| 1961 | 125 | #964 | 0.06 |
| 1960 | 129 | #938 | 0.06 |
| 1959 | 119 | #965 | 0.06 |
| 1958 | 128 | #905 | 0.06 |
| 1957 | 133 | #884 | 0.07 |
| 1956 | 144 | #821 | 0.07 |
| 1955 | 129 | #854 | 0.07 |
| 1954 | 138 | #797 | 0.07 |
| 1953 | 145 | #757 | 0.08 |
| 1952 | 157 | #709 | 0.08 |
| 1951 | 175 | #657 | 0.10 |
| 1950 | 230 | #543 | 0.13 |
| 1949 | 216 | #569 | 0.13 |
| 1948 | 220 | #559 | 0.13 |
| 1947 | 218 | #579 | 0.12 |
| 1946 | 202 | #560 | 0.13 |
| 1945 | 169 | #564 | 0.13 |
| 1944 | 210 | #498 | 0.16 |
| 1943 | 188 | #550 | 0.13 |
| 1942 | 162 | #581 | 0.12 |
| 1941 | 152 | #565 | 0.13 |
| 1940 | 148 | #572 | 0.13 |
| 1939 | 141 | #569 | 0.13 |
| 1938 | 169 | #516 | 0.15 |
| 1937 | 160 | #522 | 0.15 |
| 1936 | 180 | #477 | 0.17 |
| 1935 | 183 | #471 | 0.17 |
| 1934 | 207 | #454 | 0.20 |
| 1933 | 242 | #409 | 0.24 |
| 1932 | 246 | #418 | 0.23 |
| 1931 | 315 | #364 | 0.30 |
| 1930 | 368 | #339 | 0.33 |
| 1929 | 332 | #367 | 0.30 |
| 1928 | 379 | #347 | 0.33 |
| 1927 | 357 | #362 | 0.30 |
| 1926 | 342 | #364 | 0.29 |
| 1925 | 349 | #365 | 0.29 |
| 1924 | 311 | #389 | 0.25 |
| 1923 | 327 | #368 | 0.27 |
| 1922 | 266 | #404 | 0.22 |
| 1921 | 248 | #433 | 0.20 |
| 1920 | 262 | #410 | 0.22 |
| 1919 | 203 | #466 | 0.18 |
| 1918 | 200 | #476 | 0.17 |
| 1917 | 177 | #494 | 0.16 |
| 1916 | 125 | #602 | 0.12 |
| 1915 | 122 | #590 | 0.12 |
| 1914 | 85 | #625 | 0.11 |
| 1913 | 71 | #615 | 0.11 |
| 1912 | 63 | #622 | 0.11 |
| 1911 | 57 | #566 | 0.14 |
| 1910 | 38 | #692 | 0.10 |
| 1909 | 30 | #733 | 0.09 |
| 1908 | 25 | #774 | 0.07 |
| 1907 | 19 | #878 | 0.06 |
| 1906 | 16 | #925 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 13 | #1,069 | 0.04 |
| 1904 | 17 | #887 | 0.06 |
| 1903 | 23 | #697 | 0.09 |
| 1902 | 18 | #823 | 0.07 |
| 1901 | 10 | #1,080 | 0.04 |
| 1900 | 14 | #1,018 | 0.05 |
| 1899 | 11 | #994 | 0.05 |
| 1898 | 23 | #682 | 0.09 |
| 1897 | 19 | #718 | 0.08 |
| 1896 | 19 | #731 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 16 | #793 | 0.07 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,372 | 0.03 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Consuelo a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Consuelo has been given almost only to girls: 90 boys in 132 years of records.
Girls and boys named Consuelo: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Consuelo, and how old are they?
9,150 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 54% of the 17,045 Americans ever recorded as Consuelo. The median Consuelo alive today is 54 years old; half are between 41 and 71.
The 2020 Census counted 26,069 people named Consuelo (25,938 women and girls, 131 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 10,268 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.5 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 996 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,280 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,880 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,790 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 941 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 240 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Consuelo born?
The states with the most babies named Consuelo are Texas, California and New Mexico, with 84% of its births recorded by state since 1910; New Mexico is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 6,689 | not ranked | 6.2× |
| California | 4,248 | not ranked | 3.4× |
| New Mexico | 791 | not ranked | 7.8× |
| Arizona | 669 | not ranked | 4.4× |
| Illinois | 442 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| New York | 412 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Colorado | 165 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Michigan | 129 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Florida | 121 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Georgia | 62 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Consuelo is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Consuelo is most over-represented in New Mexico: since 1910 it was given 7.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Consuelo with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 20,046 babies since 1880, Consuelo is the most given (85% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Consuelo
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Consuelo and names like it
- Compare Consuelo and ConsuelaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sConsuelo peaked in 1928.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Consuelo since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Consuelo: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1928The year the most babies were named Consuelo.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Consuelo alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with CMost given first.