Inacio
Inácio is a common Spanish/Portuguese given name and occasionally a surname.
- Portuguese
Meaning & Origin of Inacio
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Inácio is a common Spanish/Portuguese given name and occasionally a surname.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Portuguese
The Story of Inacio
The earliest SSA record of Inacio as a baby boy name dates back to 1929, when 5 babies received it. 2005 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Inacio — #9,113 in the national rankings. About 55% of every Inacio on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Inacio last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 22 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Inacio
Inacio is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1929 and has accumulated 22 births in the dataset. Inacio's peak popularity came in 2005 when it ranked #9,113. Use the chart and map above to compare Inacio's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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