Primitivo

Boy · recorded 1915–2012

  • 2012last recorded
  • 1925best year

Most popular in 1925.

Last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Primitivo.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1915

071419151939196419882012

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 85 recorded years as a table
Primitivo, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191511
19166
19179
19185
19198
19217
192211
19236
192514
19269
19278
19287
19297
19305
19315
19335
19347
19358
19366
19376
19385
19399
19408
19418
19436
19446
19454
19464
19475
19483
19495
19504
19516
19524
19536
19543
19554
19575
19587
19595
19605
19613
19624
19635
19644
19655
19663
19677
19685
19693
19706
19713
19726
19736
19759
19768
19777
19789
19793
198011
19816
19826
19836
19843
19864
19874
19884
19895
19905
19914
19926
19934
19944
19955
19964
19975
19984
19994
20005
20015
20023
20037
20063
20073
20124

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Primitivo isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2012
7
Rank in 2012
#9,709
How rare
1 in 270,992 boys
Since 1915
742

Primitivo was last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1925, at 14 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Primitivo doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.