Primo
Boy · PREE-moh · Italian
Primo is a boys' name of Italian origin, meaning “first”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Primo mean?
Italian: Italian word, from Latin primus
“first”
Traditionally given to a first-born son; Primo Levi (1919-1987) wrote If This Is a Man about surviving Auschwitz.
- Say it
- PREE-moh
Is Primo a girl's or a boy's name?
Primo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Primo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Primo, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1921, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 1907.
2025 had more boys named Primo than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Primo in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
Primo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,502 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,492 |
| 1956 | 13 | #2,261 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 15 | #1,860 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,707 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 1931 | 26 | #1,361 |
| 1930 | 22 | #1,559 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,451 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,193 |
| 1926 | 21 | #1,661 |
| 1925 | 21 | #1,678 |
| 1924 | 24 | #1,577 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,122 |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,545 |
| 1921 | 31 | #1,329 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,130 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,538 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,151 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,069 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,607 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,440 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,267 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
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