Altagracia vs Alto
American parents have registered 779 Altagracias since 1880, against 592 Altos. Neither name reached five babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Altagracia Alto
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 104 years in which either name was published, Altagracia for 58 years and Alto for 46 years. The lead changed hands 15 times.
- 1881–1951 Alto ahead, apart from 3 short spells
- 1952–2008 Altagracia ahead, apart from one short spell
10 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Altagracia | Alto | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 779 | 592 |
| Most in one year | 22 | 21 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 540 | 110 |
| Median age today | 48 | 70 |
| Peak year | 1990 | 1919 |
| Best rank | 4,380th girls | 1,695th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | unranked |
| First recorded | 1915 | 1881 |
| Girls / boys | 779 / 0 | 31 / 561 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Altos alive today are over 70; half the Altagracias are over 48. That is 22 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Altagracia New York (6.6×), Texas (4.0×), California (1.7×)
- Alto Alabama (52.1×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Altagracia and Alto.