Recardo — #12523 US boys' name
670 babies named Recardo in U.S. Social Security records since 1943, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 12% of names given to boys today.
24% of everyone ever named Recardo was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Recardo in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Recardo
The Social Security Administration has registered 670 babies named Recardo between 1943 and 2024, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Recardo currently holds the #12523 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Recardo performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 159 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Recardo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Recardo in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Recardo 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 670 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.
Recardo at a glance
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Current rank
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Recardo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1943
- Peak year (1979)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 82 years of records
Currently ranks #12523 among boys.
670 total births across 82 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 25 births in a single year.
Recardo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 159 births that decade — 24% of Recardo's all-time total
Recardo decade highlights
- Peak decade 159 births
- Runner-up 147 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Recardo's strongest decade
159 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Recardo by state
Where Recardo concentrates geographically — total births since 1943
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 18 | 2.7% |
18 of 670 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 2.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 2.7% 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, 1943–2024 (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.