Pio
Boy · PEE-oh · Latin
Pio is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “pious, dutiful”. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Pio mean?
Latin: Italian and Spanish form of Latin Pius
“pious, dutiful”
From Latin Pius, the name of twelve popes; Padre Pio, the Italian Capuchin friar, was made a saint in 2002.
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- PEE-oh
Is Pio a girl's or a boy's name?
Pio is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pio in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,395among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Pio, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. It first appears in the records in 1916.
2025 had the most boys named Pio of any year since it first appeared, in 1916.
Half of all the boys named Pio in the US since 1880 were born between 1930 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Pio in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,435 |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,803 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
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