Primitivo — boys' name

What the Data Says About Primitivo

The Social Security Administration has registered 740 babies named Primitivo between 1915 and 2012, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Primitivo currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Primitivo performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 92 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Primitivo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 131 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Primitivo in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Primitivo 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 740 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.