first name
ALVARO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 34,180 people named Alvaro, 95.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 3.3% as White. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Alvaro peaked in 2000, when 441 babies got the name.
At least 17,362 babies have been given the name since 1914. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Alvaro by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,219. The largest share of babies named Alvaro, 33.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Alvaro is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Alvaro has been most common in California (4×), Arizona (3.6×), and Texas (3.5×), and least common in Indiana (0.09×).
14,578 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Alvaro
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Alvaro, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Alvaro ranks #18,606 of 156,621, with 1,465 people. See Alvaro as a last name
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