Alto
- Last seen for girls in 1926 at #4,306
- Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236
- Given to boys 94.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1897 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 561since 1881
Alto over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
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| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
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| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
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| 1970 | — | #3,836 | 7 | |
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| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | #3,646 | 6 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,640 | 6 | |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | #4,038 | 5 | |
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,024 | 8 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,969 | 8 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,201 | 7 | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,373 | 6 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,662 | 9 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,329 | 6 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,453 | 10 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | #3,525 | 5 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,574 | 8 | |
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | #2,732 | 8 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,712 | 8 | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | #2,179 | 11 | |
| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
| 1938 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1936 | — | #3,147 | 6 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,246 | 11 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,393 | 10 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,738 | 8 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,849 | 8 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,609 | 10 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,589 | 10 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,076 | 8 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,193 | 14 | |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #2,302 | 13 |
| 1925 | — | #2,089 | 15 | |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | — | #2,123 | 15 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,486 | 12 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,152 | 15 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,052 | 16 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,695 | 20 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,998 | 16 | |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #1,900 | 16 |
| 1916 | — | #1,771 | 17 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,660 | 18 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,545 | 16 | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | — | #1,353 | 13 | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
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| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
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| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #787 | 8 | |
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| 1895 | — | #795 | 8 | |
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #956 | 6 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #814 | 7 | |
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
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| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1881
The first year at least five boys were named Alto! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Alto is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Alto in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Alto
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1991
- Biggest jump: 279 spots in 1895
- Biggest drop: 382 spots in 1900
Rise & fade · boys
16 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1897 at #787 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1898, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1886–1887
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,095
- Highest: 1 in 14,095 boys born in 1897 were named Alto (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 404,066 boys born in 1991 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
- 23.2% of all boys named Alto (130) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 22 | #845 (1886) | #878 |
| 1890s | 40 | #787 (1897) | #892 |
| 1900s | 11 | #1,064 (1904) | #1,187 |
| 1910s | 130 | #1,353 (1912) | #1,731 |
| 1920s | 129 | #2,052 (1920) | #2,370 |
| 1930s | 77 | #2,246 (1935) | #2,891 |
| 1940s | 55 | #2,179 (1940) | #2,835 |
| 1950s | 56 | #2,662 (1951) | #3,193 |
| 1960s | 17 | #3,640 (1962) | #3,775 |
| 1970s | 13 | #3,836 (1970) | #4,386 |
| 1980s | 6 | #5,468 (1981) | #5,468 |
| 1990s | 5 | #8,236 (1991) | #8,236 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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