Primo

Popularity Trends

The name Primo is the #6,880 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 859 recorded births since 1907. This represents the 11.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,728 (18.7% percentile) for all time with 859 births since 1907.

Primo first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1907 (first recorded for boys in 1907). Birth data for Primo is available in 85 out of the 116 years between 1907 and 2022. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Primo reached its peak popularity in 1921, achieving the 4.7% percentile (ranked #524) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 1907, with 32 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Primo".

1907 2022 19072022

Key Statistics

Total Births

859

Peak Births

Peak Year

1921

First Recorded

1907

Peak Percentile

4.7%

Current Percentile

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Peak Rank

#524

Current Rank

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Male statistics

Names That Sound Similar

These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Primo.

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Primo", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Primo.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Primo's popularity from 1904 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Primo at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Primo range from Sylvio at 87.3% correlation to Eldor at 78.0% correlation, with an average correlation level of 81.1%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Guido with 3.3K births (100% boys) and the least popular is Pierina with 262 births (100% girls).

Primo's share of births peaked at 31.5 births per million for boys in 1921. It reached its lowest point of 2.3 births per million (7% of peak) in 2006. In 2022, the most recent period with data, the name Primo had 4.3 births per million, 14% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Sylvio

463

87.28% (very strong)

Pierina

262

84.42% (very strong)

Floree

372

84.06% (very strong)

Maydell

367

83.25% (very strong)

Pasco

432

81.52% (very strong)

Gilmer

1,180

80.60% (very strong)

Luverne

1,913

79.58% (strong)

Magaret

458

79.03% (strong)

Guido

3,346

78.78% (strong)

Waneta

2,466

78.55% (strong)

Berdena

390

78.39% (strong)

Eldor

367

77.99% (strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Primo

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Primo. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Primo is pronounced as PREE-moh, which has 2 syllables.

PREE-moh

100.0%

PREE-moh (2 syllables)

Verified

100.0% confidence

P R IY1 M OW0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like P R IY1 M OW0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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