Rizzo — #9702 US boys' name
50 babies named Rizzo in U.S. Social Security records since 2016, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 32% of names given to boys today.
58% of everyone ever named Rizzo was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Rizzo in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rizzo
The Social Security Administration has registered 50 babies named Rizzo between 2016 and 2024, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rizzo currently holds the #9702 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Rizzo is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 2024.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rizzo performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Rizzo shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rizzo 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 50 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.
Rizzo at a glance
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Current rank
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Rizzo popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2016
- Peak year (2017)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
Currently ranks #9702 among boys.
50 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 10 births in a single year.
Rizzo popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2024 (Rizzo as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Rizzo accounts for 9% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rizzo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 29 births that decade — 58% of Rizzo's all-time total
Rizzo decade highlights
- Peak decade 29 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Rizzo's strongest decade
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% 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, 2016–2024 (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.