Toribio
Toribio is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Toribio
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Toribio is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Toribio
American parents first put Toribio on the record books as a baby boy name in 1914, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1929, when 19 Toribios were born — ranking #1,731 that year. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 853 Toribios have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Toribio
Toribio is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 853 births in the dataset. Toribio's peak popularity came in 1929 when it ranked #1,731. Use the chart and map above to compare Toribio'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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