Nunzio
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NOON-zee-oh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Nunzio is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “messenger”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Nunzio mean?
Latin: Italian, from Annunziato, ultimately Latin nuntius
“messenger”
Linked to the Annunciation, when the angel Gabriel brought Mary the news that she would bear Jesus.
Is Nunzio a girl's or a boy's name?
Nunzio is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nunzio in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Nunzio, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1923, with 67 boys. It first appears in the records in 1909.
Half of all the boys named Nunzio in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 1956, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nunzio in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1967 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,215 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 14 | #2,204 |
| 1963 | 13 | #2,299 |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,502 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1958 | 12 | #2,368 |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,301 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,098 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,072 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,134 |
| 1950 | 11 | #2,320 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,021 |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,442 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,481 |
| 1946 | 11 | #2,270 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,130 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,466 |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
| 1942 | 14 | #1,946 |
| 1941 | 18 | #1,633 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,179 |
| 1939 | 16 | #1,712 |
| 1938 | 26 | #1,310 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,481 |
| 1936 | 15 | #1,801 |
| 1935 | 29 | #1,247 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,608 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,586 |
| 1932 | 27 | #1,324 |
| 1931 | 39 | #1,078 |
| 1930 | 51 | #944 |
| 1929 | 38 | #1,129 |
| 1928 | 53 | #927 |
| 1927 | 48 | #1,012 |
| 1926 | 50 | #963 |
| 1925 | 59 | #871 |
| 1924 | 49 | #1,005 |
| 1923 | 67 | #821 |
| 1922 | 55 | #941 |
| 1921 | 65 | #856 |
| 1920 | 63 | #853 |
| 1919 | 57 | #877 |
| 1918 | 37 | #1,124 |
| 1917 | 60 | #822 |
| 1916 | 40 | #1,013 |
| 1915 | 48 | #893 |
| 1914 | 41 | #836 |
| 1913 | 39 | #745 |
| 1912 | 24 | #918 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,189 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
Names like Nunzio
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Leo, Mario, Julius, Francis, Lawrence, Lucio, Angelo, Vito, Sol, Silvio, Benedict, Paul
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara
Sources
Figures from 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, “Nunzio: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nunzio, updated 20 October 2026.