How rare is the name Sixto?

3,750 people in the United States have the first name Sixto, about 1 in 80,542. It ranks #4,813 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 3 others.

first name

SIXTO

#4,813

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,750
About
1 in 80,542
This common or more
84.5%
Who bears it

Of the 3,750 people named Sixto, 93.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 4.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.3% as White. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Sixto peaked in 1994, when 37 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19152025
Peak year
1994
Births that year
37
In 2025*
12 ▼68%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,761 babies have been given the name since 1915. 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.

Sixto by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #4,179. The largest share of babies named Sixto, 19.5%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1910s#6,65237
1920s#5,89284
1930s#5,23382
1940s#5,024101
1950s#4,300171
1960s#4,179217
1970s#5,021221
1980s#6,351202
1990s#7,575220
2000s#9,692212
2010s#13,429141
2020s#14,28773
Greatest Generation 1901–275.3%
Silent Generation 1928–459.1%
Baby boom 1946–6419%
Generation X 1965–8019.5%
Millennials 1981–9619.3%
Generation Z 1997–1218.7%
2013 and later9.1%

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.

Exactly as common as Sixto

3 other first names also have 3,750 people.

Spelled almost the same

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

Also a last name

As a last name, Sixto ranks #43,119 of 156,621, with 540 people. See Sixto as a last name

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