# Alvaro (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alvaro/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 17,362 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 17,357 / 5 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 212, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 5 | 15,575 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 265 | 821 |
| 2012 | 231 | 898 |
| 2013 | 251 | 849 |
| 2014 | 230 | 926 |
| 2015 | 237 | 908 |
| 2016 | 287 | 803 |
| 2017 | 255 | 854 |
| 2018 | 258 | 855 |
| 2019 | 274 | 824 |
| 2020 | 267 | 853 |
| 2021 | 285 | 834 |
| 2022 | 318 | 793 |
| 2023 | 371 | 716 |
| 2024 | 328 | 770 |
| 2025 | 328 | 777 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,459 |
| 2015 | 12 | 1,902 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 13 | 1,812 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,683 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1,745 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 13 | 1,799 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 2025 | 14 | 1,798 |

## People named Alvaro

- Álvaro Uribe Vélez, 39.º President of Colombia from 2002 to 2010
- Álvaro Mutis, Colombian novelist (1923-2013)
- Álvaro del Portillo, Catholic bishop, Beatus, 2nd Prelate of the Opus Dei
- Álvaro Saborío, Costa Rican footballer
- Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Marcos
- Álvaro Mesén, Costa Rican footballer
- Alvaro Načinović, Croatian handball player
- Álvaro de Luna, Constable of Castile, Aragonese nobleman, constable of the king of Castile and León, adviser, poet and musician 
- Álvaro Zamora, Costa Rican footballer
- Álvaro Hodeg, Colombian cyclist
- Álvaro Noboa, Ecuadorian businessman and politician (born 1950)
- Álvaro Silva, footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.