Aldo
- Pronunciation
- [Al-do]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Rich
- Origin
- Italian
About the Name Aldo
Aldo is an Italian and Germanic given name rooted in the ancient Lombard and Old High German element ald, meaning "old" or, by extension, "experienced" and "wealthy" — in early medieval Germanic usage, the concepts of age, wisdom, and accumulated wealth were closely linked, so ald carried the positive connotation of maturity and prosperity rather than mere senescence. The name appears in medieval Italian records as both a full given name and as a shortened form of longer Lombard compound names beginning with Aldo- or containing the element -aldo, such as Rinaldo or Ubaldo. It has been used continuously in Italian-speaking communities for over a millennium, giving it a depth that many short names lack.
A distinguished bearer is Aldo Leopold, an American forester, ecologist, and writer whose insistence that ethics had to extend to soils, waters, plants, and animals reshaped North American conservation thought. Born Rand Aldo Leopold, he went by his middle name throughout his career.
Aldo entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2000 and has remained continuously on the chart ever since, reaching its peak of #410 in 2002. Recent figures show a stable if quiet presence: #992 in 2024 with 226 boys, #948 in 2023, and #942 in 2022. More than 9,500 boys have been named Aldo within the SSA top-1000 era. Variants include Aldis and Aldus, the latter carrying a particularly classical resonance through its association with the Renaissance printer Aldus Manutius. For parents seeking a short Italian name with genuine medieval roots and an effortlessly cool two-vowel sound, Aldo is a quietly distinguished choice.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Aldo
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Aldo by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2007 with 666 boys named Aldo (boy rank #430 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #960 for boys (241 US births). That's 530 places below its 2007 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Aldo Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Aldo the strongest states are Nevada, Texas, California.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nevada | #419 | 20 |
| 2 | Texas | #464 | 641 |
| 3 | California | #521 | 582 |
| 4 | Oregon | #539 | 25 |
| 5 | Arizona | #587 | 98 |
| 6 | Wisconsin | #615 | 36 |
| 7 | Colorado | #646 | 67 |
| 8 | Illinois | #714 | 96 |
| 9 | Washington | #819 | 56 |
| 10 | North Carolina | #862 | 61 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida | #904 | 71 |
| 2 | North Carolina | #862 | 61 |
| 3 | Washington | #819 | 56 |
| 4 | Illinois | #714 | 96 |
| 5 | Colorado | #646 | 67 |
| 6 | Wisconsin | #615 | 36 |
| 7 | Arizona | #587 | 98 |
| 8 | Oregon | #539 | 25 |
| 9 | California | #521 | 582 |
| 10 | Texas | #464 | 641 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Aldo in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
Famous People Named Aldo
1 notable figure from history and culture who share the name Aldo.
- Aldo Leopold was a renowned American ecologist, environmentalist and scientist.
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Compare Aldo to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Aldo against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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