How Many People Are Named Primitivo?

480

people named Primitivo are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 712,051 people in the US has this name

Based on 742 babies named Primitivo in Social Security records from 1915 to 2012, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#16,955

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#6,053

See the top 100

Peak Year

1980

20 births

Trend

2012

Last year given

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Spanish
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Spanish form of PRIMITIVUS.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

PrimitivusPrimitiva

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.0%
Male
100.0%

All of the babies given the name Primitivo in the records were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Primitivo alive today is about 49 years old, and 52% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 33 and 63 in 2025.

Under 30 87
18.1%
30 to 59 249
51.9%
60 and over 144
30%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Primitivo first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 1980, to 20 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2012.

Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2012

🏆 Rank History

Primitivo has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,063, in 1925.

Boys
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#2,063 (1925)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#3,571 in the 1970s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Primitivo alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Primitivo were born in Texas than in any other state: about 57 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Primitivo was given about 11.5 times as often in Texas.

Texas 57
California 44

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