How rare is the name Consuelo?

26,069 people in the United States have the first name Consuelo, about 1 in 11,586. It ranks #1,367 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CONSUELO

#1,367

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
26,069
About
1 in 11,586
This common or more
74.1%
Who bears it

Of the 26,069 people named Consuelo, 91% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 3.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 2.4% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Consuelo peaked in 1928, when 387 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18902025
Peak year
1928
Births that year
387
In 2025*
13 ▼97%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 17,045 babies have been given the name since 1890. 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.

Consuelo by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #695. The largest share of babies named Consuelo, 23.6%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.

1890s#1,66993
1900s#1,368185
1910s#9941,141
1920s#6953,199
1930s#7982,260
1940s#9921,895
1950s#1,3661,498
1960s#1,5561,327
1970s#1,2142,253
1980s#1,8871,288
1990s#2,701980
2000s#4,728601
2010s#9,614231
2020s#12,13894
Before 19010.6%
Greatest Generation 1901–2722.2%
Silent Generation 1928–4523.6%
Baby boom 1946–6417.6%
Generation X 1965–8018.1%
Millennials 1981–9610.8%
Generation Z 1997–125.6%
2013 and later1.4%

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 Consuelo is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Consuelo has been most common in New Mexico (10×), Texas (6.2×), and Arizona (3.9×), and least common in Ohio (0.07×).

14,003 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.

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Consuelo, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Consuelo ranks #68,578 of 156,621, with 309 people. See Consuelo as a last name

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