Primo
#7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
- Peak · boys
- 1912 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 874since 1907
Primo over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Primo has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,679 | 10 |
| 2024 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #8,816 | 8 |
| 2015 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #7,026 | 11 |
| 2012 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #8,324 | 9 |
| 2007 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #7,245 | 9 |
| 2002 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1960 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1958 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,491 | 9 |
| 1940 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,860 | 15 |
| 1933 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1932 | #1,651 | 19 |
| 1931 | #1,361 | 26 |
| 1930 | #1,559 | 22 |
| 1929 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1926 | #1,661 | 21 |
| 1925 | #1,679 | 21 |
| 1924 | #1,577 | 24 |
| 1923 | #2,123 | 15 |
| 1922 | #1,545 | 24 |
| 1921 | #1,329 | 31 |
| 1920 | #2,131 | 15 |
| 1919 | #2,385 | 12 |
| 1918 | #1,539 | 23 |
| 1917 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1916 | #2,152 | 13 |
| 1915 | #2,070 | 13 |
| 1914 | #1,608 | 15 |
| 1913 | #1,441 | 14 |
| 1912 | #1,268 | 14 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
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| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1907
The first year at least five boys were named Primo! It came in at #1,345, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1907–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Brand new
- 4,670 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #7,679)
- 1,889 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #7,679)
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1907
- Peaked 1912 at #1,268 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1935, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 29,365
- Highest: 1 in 29,365 boys born in 1907 were named Primo (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,268 in 1912, was only 1 in 30,710 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 21.3% of all boys named Primo (186) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,345 (1907) | #1,345 |
| 1910s | 126 | #1,268 (1912) | #1,763 |
| 1920s | 186 | #1,329 (1921) | #1,935 |
| 1930s | 123 | #1,361 (1931) | #2,312 |
| 1940s | 29 | #2,491 (1941) | #2,939 |
| 1950s | 65 | #2,200 (1959) | #2,871 |
| 1960s | 45 | #2,504 (1962) | #2,911 |
| 1970s | 43 | #3,836 (1970) | #4,756 |
| 1980s | 23 | #4,961 (1981) | #6,218 |
| 1990s | 51 | #4,673 (1990) | #7,237 |
| 2000s | 75 | #7,245 (2003) | #8,969 |
| 2010s | 72 | #7,026 (2013) | #9,720 |
| 2020s | 31 | #7,679 (2025) | #9,461 |
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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