Gelacio — boys' name
27 babies named Gelacio in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
59% of everyone ever named Gelacio was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Gelacio in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gelacio
The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Gelacio between 1992 and 2008, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gelacio currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gelacio performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Gelacio shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gelacio in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gelacio 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 27 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.
Gelacio at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gelacio popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1992
- Peak year (1998)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
27 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 6 births in a single year.
Gelacio by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 16 births that decade — 59% of Gelacio's all-time total
Gelacio decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Gelacio's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
Gelacio by state
Where Gelacio concentrates geographically — total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 18.5% |
5 of 27 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 18.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 18.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1992–2008 (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.