Recorded 1917–2022 Boys' name Peak 1976 392 births

Ildefonso — boys' name

392 babies named Ildefonso in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s61920s121930s61940s301950s241960s691970s671980s761990s582000s342010s52020s5
1980s
Peak decade

19% of everyone ever named Ildefonso was born in this single decade.

1976
Single peak year

16 babies were named Ildefonso in 1976 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Ildefonso

The Social Security Administration has registered 392 babies named Ildefonso between 1917 and 2022, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ildefonso currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ildefonso performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Ildefonso shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 30 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Ildefonso in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ildefonso 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 392 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.

Ildefonso at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

392

Since 1917

106 years of records

Peak year

1976

16 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1917

Recorded for 106 years

Last year on file: 2022

Ildefonso popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1917

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (1976)
16
Annual births at peak — across 106 years of records
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Ildefonso by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
76 births that decade — 19% of Ildefonso's all-time total
1910s61920s121930s61940s301950s241960s691970s671980s761990s582000s342010s52020s5

Ildefonso by state

Where Ildefonso concentrates geographically — total births since 1917

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Ildefonso
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
30 7.7%
#2 California
11 2.8%
Texas share of Ildefonso's total US births 7.7%
Even split

30 of 392 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ildefonso?
392 babies have been named Ildefonso since 1917. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 1976 with 16 births.
When was Ildefonso most popular?
Ildefonso was most popular in the 1980s decade with 76 total births. The single peak year was 1976.
Where is Ildefonso most popular?
The top states for the name Ildefonso are Texas (30 births), California (11 births).
How long has the name Ildefonso been used?
Ildefonso has been recorded in Social Security data since 1917, spanning 106 years of data through 2022.

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, 1917–2022 (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.