Boys' name · since 1915

Menzo

Since 1915, U.S. Social Security records show 27 babies named Menzo, peaking in 1922. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#26,733 of 45,481
all-time among boys
27
born since 1915
1920s
peak decade

27 boys have been named Menzo since 1915, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.

Menzo has 27 recorded births among boys since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1928.

  • #26,733 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 27 born since 1915
  • 1920s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Menzo ranks #26,733 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.

#26,733 of 45,481
all-time among boys
27
born since 1915
1920s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Menzo's 27 recorded births place it above 41.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Menzo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Menzo's full recorded timeline at 1920, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1915, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1922 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Menzo popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1928

Last recorded 1928
Peak year (1922)
7
Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 19151918192019221928 5

Menzo by decade

1920s is the heaviest window (17 births, 63% of the file).

1920s was Menzo's strongest decade.

17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.

Menzo births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1920s at 17 births (63% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Menzo?
Since 1915, Social Security records show 27 babies named Menzo. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #26,733 of 45,481 boys' names by total births. The most recent recorded year was 1928. Its busiest year on record was 1922, with 7 births.
Where does Menzo sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Menzo ranks #26,733 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Menzo most popular?
Menzo was most popular in the 1920s decade with 17 total births. The single peak year was 1922.
How long has the name Menzo been used?
Menzo has been recorded in Social Security data since 1915, spanning 14 years of data through 1928.
What names are similar to Menzo?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Menachem, Mendel, Menno, Mendy, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Menzo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–1928 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Menzo draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.