Primo
Primo is a name with a single cultural origin: Italian.
- Italian
Meaning & Origin of Primo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Primo is a name with a single cultural origin: Italian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
The Story of Primo
Primo first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1907, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1921: 31 births, good for #1,329 nationwide. About 22% of every Primo on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Primo last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 864 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Primo
Primo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1907 and has accumulated 864 births in the dataset. Primo's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #1,329. Use the chart and map above to compare Primo'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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