Aldo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AL-doh
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,202 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #960 for boys
Aldo is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “old”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 960th for boys in the US (241 babies).
What does Aldo mean?
Germanic: via Italian
“old”
An Italian name from the Germanic element ald, 'old'.
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Is Aldo a girl's or a boy's name?
Aldo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 241 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aldo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,202nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Aldo, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Aldo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Aldo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Aldo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 960th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 241 about 1 in 7,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 241 boys in the US were named Aldo, making it the 960th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 783rd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 666 boys. It first appears in the records in 1906.
Half of all the boys named Aldo in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aldo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 241 | #960 |
| 2024 | 226 | #993 |
| 2023 | 238 | #949 |
| 2022 | 242 | #943 |
| 2021 | 222 | #987 |
| 2020 | 297 | #783 |
| 2019 | 311 | #764 |
| 2018 | 267 | #832 |
| 2017 | 313 | #752 |
| 2016 | 392 | #660 |
| 2015 | 430 | #623 |
| 2014 | 407 | #647 |
| 2013 | 495 | #535 |
| 2012 | 486 | #539 |
| 2011 | 435 | #576 |
| 2010 | 501 | #513 |
| 2009 | 471 | #560 |
| 2008 | 452 | #571 |
| 2007 | 666 | #430 |
| 2006 | 416 | #589 |
| 2005 | 373 | #604 |
| 2004 | 353 | #607 |
| 2003 | 390 | #569 |
| 2002 | 618 | #410 |
| 2001 | 295 | #635 |
| 2000 | 269 | #664 |
| 1999 | 220 | #735 |
| 1998 | 268 | #651 |
| 1997 | 291 | #609 |
| 1996 | 220 | #714 |
| 1995 | 235 | #691 |
| 1994 | 145 | #902 |
| 1993 | 167 | #815 |
| 1992 | 159 | #834 |
| 1991 | 169 | #788 |
| 1990 | 164 | #789 |
| 1989 | 209 | #685 |
| 1988 | 123 | #854 |
| 1987 | 152 | #739 |
| 1986 | 162 | #710 |
| 1985 | 96 | #927 |
| 1984 | 110 | #835 |
| 1983 | 101 | #872 |
| 1982 | 138 | #750 |
| 1981 | 141 | #728 |
| 1980 | 143 | #733 |
| 1979 | 117 | #805 |
| 1978 | 107 | #826 |
| 1977 | 85 | #921 |
| 1976 | 72 | #977 |
| 1975 | 67 | #1,000 |
| 1974 | 60 | #1,065 |
| 1973 | 78 | #904 |
| 1972 | 56 | #1,083 |
| 1971 | 72 | #958 |
| 1970 | 77 | #910 |
| 1969 | 81 | #851 |
| 1968 | 73 | #851 |
| 1967 | 86 | #786 |
| 1966 | 56 | #968 |
| 1965 | 70 | #873 |
| 1964 | 68 | #921 |
| 1963 | 65 | #928 |
| 1962 | 68 | #916 |
| 1961 | 53 | #1,067 |
| 1960 | 60 | #980 |
| 1959 | 71 | #905 |
| 1958 | 65 | #943 |
| 1957 | 59 | #988 |
| 1956 | 58 | #976 |
| 1955 | 54 | #1,021 |
| 1954 | 50 | #1,051 |
| 1953 | 33 | #1,303 |
| 1952 | 43 | #1,110 |
| 1951 | 22 | #1,597 |
| 1950 | 28 | #1,363 |
| 1949 | 22 | #1,582 |
| 1948 | 21 | #1,610 |
| 1947 | 33 | #1,270 |
| 1946 | 22 | #1,508 |
| 1945 | 18 | #1,580 |
| 1944 | 14 | #1,889 |
| 1943 | 16 | #1,832 |
| 1942 | 20 | #1,585 |
| 1941 | 18 | #1,633 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,519 |
| 1939 | 28 | #1,238 |
| 1938 | 38 | #1,043 |
| 1937 | 36 | #1,074 |
| 1936 | 39 | #1,010 |
| 1935 | 39 | #1,020 |
| 1934 | 39 | #1,038 |
| 1933 | 50 | #875 |
| 1932 | 80 | #686 |
| 1931 | 59 | #816 |
| 1930 | 77 | #710 |
| 1929 | 70 | #763 |
| 1928 | 79 | #713 |
| 1927 | 91 | #668 |
| 1926 | 114 | #580 |
| 1925 | 135 | #528 |
| 1924 | 154 | #499 |
| 1923 | 138 | #518 |
| 1922 | 121 | #583 |
| 1921 | 126 | #561 |
| 1920 | 101 | #627 |
| 1919 | 98 | #612 |
| 1918 | 107 | #589 |
| 1917 | 120 | #527 |
| 1916 | 112 | #541 |
| 1915 | 97 | #576 |
| 1914 | 79 | #562 |
| 1913 | 47 | #648 |
| 1912 | 38 | #692 |
| 1911 | 14 | #895 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,313 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,112 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,110 |
Names like Aldo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arlo, Hugo, Rocco, Milo, Leonardo, Luca, Lorenzo, Marco, Enzo, Nico, Lucas, Rico
Names related to Aldo
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aldo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aldo, updated 20 October 2026.