Fulvio

Boys' name

From Latin Fulvius; literal meaning unconfirmed

Fulvio has been given to 25 babies in the U.S. since 1915. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1916, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Fulvio, 1923

1 in 329,000

Fulvio over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Fulvio: meaning, origin, and history

From Latin Fulvius; literal meaning unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Fulvio means

Fulvio is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Fulvio is used in Italian.

Fulvio comes through Latin Fulvius.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Italian, Fulvio is pronounced /ˈful.vjo/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 25 boys were recorded with the name Fulvio between 1915 and 1923. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1916; its best national rank was #3,016 in 1916.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Fulvio?

Fulvio had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1923, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1923: 1 in 329,000; 7 of 2,302,410 births
Among boys only: 1 in 157,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1923: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 227,988 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Fulvio sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1923 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 227,988 children born in 1923 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Fulvio. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Fulvios were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Fulvio was born before 1916 — so the typical Fulvio is around 109 today.

Median birth year: 1916; About 109 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 52.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 52.0% of all recorded uses (13).

Is Fulvio rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1916 (8)
Years since peak: 109; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 60.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,016; 1916

Spellings of Fulvio

Fulvio is not the most common spelling — Julio is, with 90.5% against Fulvio's 0.04%.

Julio90.5%63,775
Flavio4.3%3,061
Silvio4.3%3,000
Favio0.86%607
Fulvio0.04%25

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Fulvio around the world

Where Fulvio ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1923–2002
#4,768
in 2002
South Australia
1951–1986
#460
in 1986

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Fulvio by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,016; 1916
Peak year: 1916; 8 that year
First recorded: 1915
Last recorded: 1923
All-time count: 25
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Fulvio

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Otavio Fuller Davio Ottavio Senovio Torivio Fulgencio Tavio Olivio Savio Eusevio Elvio Fulton Levio Favio Livio Maclovio Sylvio Silvio Flavio Octavio

Sibling names for Fulvio

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Era Leatha Leone Artie Alpha Hettie Cecil Ona

For a brother

Winfield Dorsey Isadore Aloysius Hyman Regis Sydney Meyer

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