Boys' name · peaked in 1995

Sergio name popularity since 1925

82,107 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Sergio. Half of them were born in 1997 or earlier, so the typical Sergio is about 29 years old in 2026. Sergio peaked in 1995 as the #158 name for boys, and it ranked #441 in 2025.

Key facts

US babies since 1925
82,107
Named Sergio, 1925–2025
Peak year
1995
#158 for boys that year
Typical age
About 29
Median birth year 1997
In 2025
#441
for boys in 2025 (714 babies)
Girls / boys
99.6% boys
355 girls · 81,752 boys
Most popular in
Arizona
3.62× its national share

Peak year is the year Sergio made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Sergio births per year, 1925–2025

Babies named Sergio per year, 1925–2025

1995 was the biggest year for Sergio both by count and as a share of all babies.

  • Fastest rise: Between 1967 and 1972, Sergio became 2× more common, from 1 in 5,050 baby boys to 1 in 2,530.
  • Steepest fall: Between 2008 and 2013, its share of baby boys fell by 36%, from 1 in 1,100 to 1 in 1,730.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Sergio's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Sergio.

Decade by decade

Babies named Sergio in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade GirlsBoys Rank
1925–29 0134 –
1930s 0298 #1,647
1940s 0493 #896
1950s 01,589 #628
1960s 03,365 #447
1970s 567,263 #260
1980s 14213,152 #194
1990s 12420,130 #158
2000s 2819,448 #199
2010s 511,087 #332
2020–25 04,793 #441

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

35.8% of babies named Sergio from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:

Sergio by generation Greatest Generation born 1925–27 0.1% Silent Generation born 1928–45 0.7% Baby Boomers born 1946–64 4.0% Gen X born 1965–80 12.4% Millennials born 1981–96 32.4% Gen Z born 1997–2012 35.8% Gen Alpha born 2013–25 14.5%

Where Sergio is most popular

The index compares Sergio's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Sergio.

StateIndexBabies
Arizona3.62×3,772
California3.52×29,919
Texas3.05×19,246
Nevada2.88×827
New Mexico2.18×970

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Sergio's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Sergio.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Sergio (1995).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data