Emeterio — boys' name

What the Data Says About Emeterio

The Social Security Administration has registered 377 babies named Emeterio between 1915 and 2022, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Emeterio currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Emeterio performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Emeterio shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 88 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Emeterio in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Emeterio 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 377 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.