Sixto
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
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- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Sixto is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “polished, smooth”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Sixto mean?
Greek: Spanish form of Sixtus, from Greek xystos, linked to Latin sextus 'sixth'
“polished, smooth”
The Sistine Chapel is named after Pope Sixtus IV, who had it built in the 1470s.
Is Sixto a girl's or a boy's name?
Sixto is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sixto in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 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, 12 boys in the US were named Sixto, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Sixto in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sixto in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 30 | #3,449 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 21 | #3,904 |
| 2001 | 30 | #2,983 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 25 | #3,089 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 37 | #2,176 |
| 1993 | 30 | #2,449 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,099 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,778 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 24 | #2,288 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,105 |
| 1983 | 23 | #2,207 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,708 |
| 1981 | 28 | #1,941 |
| 1980 | 18 | #2,616 |
| 1979 | 28 | #1,903 |
| 1978 | 17 | #2,567 |
| 1977 | 24 | #2,008 |
| 1976 | 19 | #2,328 |
| 1975 | 28 | #1,752 |
| 1974 | 22 | #1,983 |
| 1973 | 22 | #1,927 |
| 1972 | 16 | #2,323 |
| 1971 | 18 | #2,202 |
| 1970 | 27 | #1,657 |
| 1969 | 23 | #1,727 |
| 1968 | 22 | #1,694 |
| 1967 | 16 | #1,973 |
| 1966 | 17 | #1,890 |
| 1965 | 26 | #1,512 |
| 1964 | 28 | #1,486 |
| 1963 | 26 | #1,547 |
| 1962 | 25 | #1,587 |
| 1961 | 15 | #2,147 |
| 1960 | 19 | #1,857 |
| 1959 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1958 | 21 | #1,723 |
| 1957 | 24 | #1,633 |
| 1956 | 25 | #1,567 |
| 1955 | 18 | #1,844 |
| 1954 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 1953 | 16 | #1,957 |
| 1952 | 16 | #1,938 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,336 |
| 1948 | 18 | #1,757 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,168 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,008 |
| 1944 | 13 | #1,987 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,144 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,646 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,301 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,607 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,162 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,346 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,631 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
Names like Sixto
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Sixto: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sixto, updated 20 October 2026.