Alvaro
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AL-va-roh
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,859 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #777 for boys
Alvaro is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,859th for boys in the UK (14 babies) and 777th for boys in the US (328 babies).
Where does Alvaro come from?
Germanic: Spanish name, possibly of Visigothic origin
Is Alvaro a girl's or a boy's name?
Alvaro is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the UK and 328 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alvaro in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were named Alvaro, making it the 1,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Alvaro in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,795th in England and Wales.
Alvaro in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #1,859 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 14 | #1,812 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 14 | #1,803 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,490 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Alvaro in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #777among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 328about 1 in 5,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 328 boys in the US were named Alvaro, making it the 777th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 853rd. Its busiest year was 2000, with 441 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Alvaro in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alvaro in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 328 | #777 |
| 2024 | 328 | #769 |
| 2023 | 371 | #716 |
| 2022 | 318 | #793 |
| 2021 | 285 | #834 |
| 2020 | 267 | #853 |
| 2019 | 274 | #824 |
| 2018 | 258 | #855 |
| 2017 | 255 | #854 |
| 2016 | 287 | #803 |
| 2015 | 237 | #908 |
| 2014 | 230 | #926 |
| 2013 | 251 | #849 |
| 2012 | 231 | #898 |
| 2011 | 265 | #821 |
| 2010 | 287 | #773 |
| 2009 | 296 | #771 |
| 2008 | 380 | #644 |
| 2007 | 408 | #612 |
| 2006 | 432 | #576 |
| 2005 | 395 | #580 |
| 2004 | 374 | #590 |
| 2003 | 410 | #548 |
| 2002 | 378 | #577 |
| 2001 | 396 | #544 |
| 2000 | 441 | #513 |
| 1999 | 378 | #539 |
| 1998 | 343 | #569 |
| 1997 | 337 | #562 |
| 1996 | 316 | #575 |
| 1995 | 343 | #547 |
| 1994 | 337 | #559 |
| 1993 | 329 | #562 |
| 1992 | 313 | #573 |
| 1991 | 350 | #542 |
| 1990 | 309 | #575 |
| 1989 | 336 | #520 |
| 1988 | 241 | #605 |
| 1987 | 256 | #565 |
| 1986 | 277 | #533 |
| 1985 | 354 | #455 |
| 1984 | 173 | #656 |
| 1983 | 199 | #605 |
| 1982 | 200 | #605 |
| 1981 | 205 | #599 |
| 1980 | 181 | #644 |
| 1979 | 155 | #684 |
| 1978 | 152 | #677 |
| 1977 | 130 | #746 |
| 1976 | 117 | #768 |
| 1975 | 138 | #705 |
| 1974 | 119 | #742 |
| 1973 | 112 | #756 |
| 1972 | 96 | #815 |
| 1971 | 108 | #782 |
| 1970 | 75 | #921 |
| 1969 | 87 | #827 |
| 1968 | 63 | #910 |
| 1967 | 68 | #867 |
| 1966 | 66 | #888 |
| 1965 | 63 | #929 |
| 1964 | 59 | #982 |
| 1963 | 64 | #935 |
| 1962 | 70 | #906 |
| 1961 | 49 | #1,120 |
| 1960 | 69 | #910 |
| 1959 | 45 | #1,155 |
| 1958 | 57 | #1,005 |
| 1957 | 60 | #980 |
| 1956 | 39 | #1,217 |
| 1955 | 50 | #1,065 |
| 1954 | 65 | #917 |
| 1953 | 52 | #998 |
| 1952 | 49 | #1,026 |
| 1951 | 37 | #1,194 |
| 1950 | 45 | #1,051 |
| 1949 | 49 | #996 |
| 1948 | 34 | #1,230 |
| 1947 | 34 | #1,251 |
| 1946 | 38 | #1,123 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,444 |
| 1944 | 16 | #1,737 |
| 1943 | 21 | #1,528 |
| 1942 | 17 | #1,730 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,446 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,627 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,489 |
| 1938 | 15 | #1,818 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,576 |
| 1936 | 19 | #1,540 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1934 | 30 | #1,213 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,361 |
| 1932 | 24 | #1,426 |
| 1931 | 34 | #1,170 |
| 1930 | 34 | #1,215 |
| 1929 | 21 | #1,611 |
| 1928 | 40 | #1,111 |
| 1927 | 28 | #1,407 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,466 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,451 |
| 1924 | 37 | #1,187 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,588 |
| 1922 | 26 | #1,470 |
| 1921 | 20 | #1,766 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,335 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,595 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,187 |
| 1916 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
Names like Alvaro
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Leonardo Lorenzo Arlo Hugo Angelo Santiago Rocco Diego Cruz Iago Marco Luca
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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, “Alvaro: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alvaro, updated 20 October 2026.