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

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Peak · boys
#787
1897 · 8 births
Debut · boys
1881
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
561
since 1881

Alto over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #2,463, 1911peak #787, 1897girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1981—#5,4686
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1963—#3,6466
1962—#3,6406
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1957—#3,0248
1956—#2,9698
1955—#3,2017
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1952—#3,3736
1951—#2,6629
1950—#3,3296
1949—#2,45310
1948—#3,6685
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1945—#2,5748
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1942—#2,7128
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1939—#3,4805
1938—#3,1756
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1936—#3,1476
1935—#2,24611
1934—#2,39310
1933—#2,7388
1932—#2,8498
1931—#3,0957
1930—#2,60910
1929—#2,58910
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1927—#2,19314
1926#4,3066#2,30213
1925—#2,08915
1924#3,14410#2,64111
1923—#2,12315
1922—#2,48612
1921—#2,15215
1920—#2,05216
1919—#1,69520
1918—#1,99816
1917#4,5945#1,90016
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1914—#1,54516
1913#3,1875#2,2737
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1911#2,4635#1,3877
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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 1940

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedMSAlabama: #449 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,763 boysALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Alto, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alabama#449 · 1 in 5,763

Best ever in a state: #226 in Alabama, 1912.

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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Alto
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1991
  • Biggest jump: 279 spots in 1895 (#1,074 → #795)
  • Biggest drop: 382 spots in 1900 (#928 → #1,310)
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
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s22#845 (1886)#878
1890s40#787 (1897)#892
1900s11#1,064 (1904)#1,187
1910s130#1,353 (1912)#1,731
1920s129#2,052 (1920)#2,370
1930s77#2,246 (1935)#2,891
1940s55#2,179 (1940)#2,835
1950s56#2,662 (1951)#3,193
1960s17#3,640 (1962)#3,775
1970s13#3,836 (1970)#4,386
1980s6#5,468 (1981)#5,468
1990s5#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.

Alto in 1940

boys
#2,179
11 births · 1 in 105,379 boys

Top boys' names in 1940

  1. #1James62,481
  2. #2Robert61,198
  3. #3John54,786
  4. #4William44,779
  5. #5Richard37,425
  6. #6Charles31,689
  7. #7David27,690
  8. #8Thomas23,991
  9. #9Donald23,115
  10. #10Ronald20,741
  11. #2,179Alto11
More about 1940

boys

1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 105,379 of them was named Alto, which outranked 44.7% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alto
  1. #2,081Wilferd12
  2. #2,081Windel12
  3. #2,081Zannie12
  4. #2,179Alto11
  5. #2,179Adrien11
  6. #2,179Allard11
  7. #2,179Alston11
  8. #2,322Abelino10
  9. #2,322Afton10
  10. #2,322Agnes10

Tied with 142 names at #2,179; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. ↑ 565Whitney#1,458 → #893
  2. ↑ 447Gonzalo#1,297 → #850
  3. ↑ 419Weston#1,323 → #904
  4. ↑ 368Ashley#1,272 → #904
  5. ↑ 366Agustin#1,238 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 886Montie#916 → #1,802
  2. ↓ 446Verlon#888 → #1,334
  3. ↓ 394Issac#857 → #1,251
  4. ↓ 392Otho#942 → #1,334
  5. ↓ 384Pearl#867 → #1,251

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1940 →