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Primo

“firstborn”

masculineLatin script

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Origin: Not established
4 language contexts: French Spanish Italian +1 more
Follow the evidence: 10 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Primo

Primo is a masculine given name documented in French, Spanish, Italian and 1 other language. English Wiktionary records the meaning “firstborn”.

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “firstborn”

From primo (“firstborn”).

Sources for this account (8)

Wiktionary: PrimoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: PrimoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: PrimoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Italian Wiktionary: PrimoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Dutch Wiktionary: PrimoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: PrimoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: PrimoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: PrimoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

Where Primo is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Primo’s connections around the world.

6 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 2025: 10 boys (rank 7679).

Explore United States

4 of 12 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Primo

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 10; applications; Rank #7,679
Peak year: 1921; 31 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Primo in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	5	1,345	observed
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	5	1,589	observed
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	14	1,268	observed
1913	14	1,441	observed
1914	15	1,608	observed
1915	13	2,070	observed
1916	13	2,152	observed
1917	17	1,815	observed
1918	23	1,539	observed
1919	12	2,385	observed
1920	15	2,131	observed
1921	31	1,329	observed
1922	24	1,545	observed
1923	15	2,123	observed
1924	24	1,577	observed
1925	21	1,679	observed
1926	21	1,661	observed
1927	14	2,193	observed
1928	10	2,659	observed
1929	11	2,452	observed
1930	22	1,559	observed
1931	26	1,361	observed
1932	19	1,651	observed
1933	17	1,707	observed
1934	15	1,860	observed
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	6	3,147	observed
1937	6	3,175	observed
1938	7	2,868	observed
1939	5	3,480	observed
1940	5	3,459	observed
1941	9	2,491	observed
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	8	2,788	observed
1949	7	3,019	observed
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	8	2,875	observed
1953	7	3,143	observed
1954	7	3,176	observed
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	13	2,263	observed
1957	11	2,494	observed
1958	5	3,944	observed
1959	14	2,200	observed
1960	10	2,685	observed
1961	9	2,900	observed
1962	11	2,504	observed
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	6	3,559	observed
1968	9	2,907	observed
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	7	3,836	observed
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	6	4,441	observed
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	5	5,227	observed
1975	5	5,464	observed
1976	7	4,418	observed
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	7	4,554	observed
1979	6	5,355	observed
1980	5	6,250	observed
1981	7	4,961	observed
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	5	6,721	observed
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	6	6,941	observed
1990	11	4,673	observed
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	7	6,670	observed
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	5	8,800	observed
1995	5	8,868	observed
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	9	6,100	observed
1998	8	6,843	observed
1999	6	8,704	observed
2000	8	7,416	observed
2001	8	7,536	observed
2002	5	10,667	observed
2003	9	7,245	observed
2004	8	8,143	observed
2005	9	7,640	observed
2006	5	12,055	observed
2007	9	8,173	observed
2008	9	8,324	observed
2009	5	12,491	observed
2010	7	9,693	observed
2011	6	10,808	observed
2012	6	10,770	observed
2013	11	7,026	observed
2014	8	8,781	observed
2015	7	9,568	observed
2016	8	8,816	observed
2017	6	10,775	observed
2018	8	8,819	observed
2019	5	12,145	observed
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	8	8,825	observed
2022	8	8,990	observed
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	5	12,349	observed
2025	10	7,679	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Primo” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Primo Levi
1919–1987
Italian chemist, partisan, Holocaust survivor, and writer (1919–1987)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Primo Carnera
1906–1967
Italian boxer (1906-1967)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Primo Nebiolo
1923–1999
Italian sports official and IAAF president (1923–1999)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Primo Magnani
1892–1969
Italian racing cyclist (1892–1969)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Primo Zamparini
1939–2024
Italian boxer (1939–2024)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Primo with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms9

Wikidata Q5868008CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: PrimoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: PrimoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: PrimoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Dutch Wiktionary: PrimoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Italian Wiktionary: PrimoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: PrimoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: PrimoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: PrimoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:Nl-Primo.oggCC-BY-SA-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates6

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Primo

Primo is a masculine given name documented in French, Spanish, Italian and 1 other language. English Wiktionary records the meaning “firstborn”.

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “firstborn”

From primo (“firstborn”).

Sources for this account (8)

Wiktionary: PrimoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: PrimoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: PrimoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Italian Wiktionary: PrimoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Dutch Wiktionary: PrimoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: PrimoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: PrimoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: PrimoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Where Primo is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Primo’s connections around the world.

6 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 2025: 10 boys (rank 7679).

Explore United States

4 of 12 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Primo

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 10; applications; Rank #7,679
Peak year: 1921; 31 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Primo in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	5	1,345	observed
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	5	1,589	observed
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	14	1,268	observed
1913	14	1,441	observed
1914	15	1,608	observed
1915	13	2,070	observed
1916	13	2,152	observed
1917	17	1,815	observed
1918	23	1,539	observed
1919	12	2,385	observed
1920	15	2,131	observed
1921	31	1,329	observed
1922	24	1,545	observed
1923	15	2,123	observed
1924	24	1,577	observed
1925	21	1,679	observed
1926	21	1,661	observed
1927	14	2,193	observed
1928	10	2,659	observed
1929	11	2,452	observed
1930	22	1,559	observed
1931	26	1,361	observed
1932	19	1,651	observed
1933	17	1,707	observed
1934	15	1,860	observed
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	6	3,147	observed
1937	6	3,175	observed
1938	7	2,868	observed
1939	5	3,480	observed
1940	5	3,459	observed
1941	9	2,491	observed
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	8	2,788	observed
1949	7	3,019	observed
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	8	2,875	observed
1953	7	3,143	observed
1954	7	3,176	observed
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	13	2,263	observed
1957	11	2,494	observed
1958	5	3,944	observed
1959	14	2,200	observed
1960	10	2,685	observed
1961	9	2,900	observed
1962	11	2,504	observed
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	6	3,559	observed
1968	9	2,907	observed
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	7	3,836	observed
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	6	4,441	observed
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	5	5,227	observed
1975	5	5,464	observed
1976	7	4,418	observed
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	7	4,554	observed
1979	6	5,355	observed
1980	5	6,250	observed
1981	7	4,961	observed
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	5	6,721	observed
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	6	6,941	observed
1990	11	4,673	observed
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	7	6,670	observed
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	5	8,800	observed
1995	5	8,868	observed
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	9	6,100	observed
1998	8	6,843	observed
1999	6	8,704	observed
2000	8	7,416	observed
2001	8	7,536	observed
2002	5	10,667	observed
2003	9	7,245	observed
2004	8	8,143	observed
2005	9	7,640	observed
2006	5	12,055	observed
2007	9	8,173	observed
2008	9	8,324	observed
2009	5	12,491	observed
2010	7	9,693	observed
2011	6	10,808	observed
2012	6	10,770	observed
2013	11	7,026	observed
2014	8	8,781	observed
2015	7	9,568	observed
2016	8	8,816	observed
2017	6	10,775	observed
2018	8	8,819	observed
2019	5	12,145	observed
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	8	8,825	observed
2022	8	8,990	observed
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	5	12,349	observed
2025	10	7,679	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Primo Levi
1919–1987
Italian chemist, partisan, Holocaust survivor, and writer (1919–1987)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Primo Carnera
1906–1967
Italian boxer (1906-1967)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Primo Nebiolo
1923–1999
Italian sports official and IAAF president (1923–1999)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Primo Magnani
1892–1969
Italian racing cyclist (1892–1969)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Primo Zamparini
1939–2024
Italian boxer (1939–2024)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms9

Wikidata Q5868008CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: PrimoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: PrimoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: PrimoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Dutch Wiktionary: PrimoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Italian Wiktionary: PrimoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: PrimoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: PrimoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: PrimoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:Nl-Primo.oggCC-BY-SA-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates6

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Primo

Meaning in the sources

Where Primo is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Primo Levi

Primo Carnera

Primo Nebiolo

Primo Magnani

Primo Zamparini

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Primo

Meaning in the sources

Where Primo is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Primo Levi

Primo Carnera

Primo Nebiolo

Primo Magnani

Primo Zamparini

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page