Primitivo
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- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Primitivo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Primitivo
The earliest SSA record of Primitivo as a baby boy name dates back to 1915, when 9 babies received it. 1980 was its biggest year on record, with 20 newborns named Primitivo — #2,444 in the national rankings. Primitivo last appeared in the published SSA data in 2012, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 740 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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Names that sound like Primitivo
Phonetically similar names — useful when Primitivo is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Primitive
- Primitives
- Primitiv
- Primitively
- Promotive
- Primitiveness
- Promoting
- Punative
- Primitivity
- Positivo
- Perimeter
- Punitive
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Primitivo
Primitivo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 740 births in the dataset. Primitivo's peak popularity came in 1980 when it ranked #2,444. Use the chart and map above to compare Primitivo'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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