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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'.

More on Wiktionary.

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.

1996Busiest: 12 in 20202025
Aldo in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202511#2,202
20247#3,003
20238#2,691
202212#1,999
202110#2,257
202012#1,923
20197#2,878
20187#2,823
20178#2,656
20164#4,214
20156#3,149
20145#3,529
20133#4,884
20127#2,849
20116#3,038
20108#2,534
20093#4,691
20086#2,906
20076#2,873
20068#2,193
20058#2,090
20045#2,691
20034#2,990
20025#2,358
20010–
20001#4,018
19994#2,513
19980–
19973#2,979
19961#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.

1906Busiest: 666 in 20072025
Aldo in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025241#960
2024226#993
2023238#949
2022242#943
2021222#987
2020297#783
2019311#764
2018267#832
2017313#752
2016392#660
2015430#623
2014407#647
2013495#535
2012486#539
2011435#576
2010501#513
2009471#560
2008452#571
2007666#430
2006416#589
2005373#604
2004353#607
2003390#569
2002618#410
2001295#635
2000269#664
1999220#735
1998268#651
1997291#609
1996220#714
1995235#691
1994145#902
1993167#815
1992159#834
1991169#788
1990164#789
1989209#685
1988123#854
1987152#739
1986162#710
198596#927
1984110#835
1983101#872
1982138#750
1981141#728
1980143#733
1979117#805
1978107#826
197785#921
197672#977
197567#1,000
197460#1,065
197378#904
197256#1,083
197172#958
197077#910
196981#851
196873#851
196786#786
196656#968
196570#873
196468#921
196365#928
196268#916
196153#1,067
196060#980
195971#905
195865#943
195759#988
195658#976
195554#1,021
195450#1,051
195333#1,303
195243#1,110
195122#1,597
195028#1,363
194922#1,582
194821#1,610
194733#1,270
194622#1,508
194518#1,580
194414#1,889
194316#1,832
194220#1,585
194118#1,633
194020#1,519
193928#1,238
193838#1,043
193736#1,074
193639#1,010
193539#1,020
193439#1,038
193350#875
193280#686
193159#816
193077#710
192970#763
192879#713
192791#668
1926114#580
1925135#528
1924154#499
1923138#518
1922121#583
1921126#561
1920101#627
191998#612
1918107#589
1917120#527
1916112#541
191597#576
191479#562
191347#648
191238#692
191114#895
19107#1,313
19090–
19087#1,112
19075#1,344
19066#1,110

Names like Aldo

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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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.