Is Alto a boy or girl name?

Alto is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 592 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 5.2% were girls and 94.8% were boys.

Name Legacy

Alto

Recorded 1881–1991 · United States

Alto was most popular in 1917, when 21 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,134 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 592 people named Alto.

Alto over time

Births per year. The dot marks Alto’s peak in 1917. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Alto a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Alto is mostly a boy’s name — 5.2% of the 592 Americans given it were girls and 94.8% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Alto

Where Alto is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Alabama 52.2×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org