Nacho — boys' name
56 babies named Nacho in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1962. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Nacho was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Nacho in 1962 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nacho
The Social Security Administration has registered 56 babies named Nacho between 1920 and 1964, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nacho currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nacho performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nacho shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nacho 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 56 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.
Nacho at a glance
Last recorded 1964Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nacho popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–1920
- Peak year (1962)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1964.
56 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1962 with 9 births in a single year.
Nacho by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 19 births that decade — 34% of Nacho's all-time total
Nacho decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Nacho's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
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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, 1920–1964 (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.