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Scipio

Boys' name

Staff, walking stick

Scipio has been given to 57 babies in the U.S. since 1916. 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 1921, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Scipio, 1948

1 in 690,000

Scipio over time, 1880–2025

Boys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Scipio: meaning, origin, and history

Staff, walking stick

Latin

What Scipio means

Scipio means “staff, walking stick”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Scipio is used in Ancient Roman.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈskiː.pi.oː/, /ˈskɪp.i.oʊ/ and /ˈsɪp.i.oʊ/ for Scipio.

Origin, language, and formation

Scipio is used in English. Its origins include Latin.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Scipio is pronounced /ˈsɪpɪəʊ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 57 boys were recorded with the name Scipio between 1916 and 1948. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1921; its best national rank was #3,174 in 1942.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Scipio?

Scipio had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1948, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1948
1 in 690,000
5 of 3,452,053 births
Among boys only
1 in 351,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 1948
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
478,557 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Scipio 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 1948 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 478,557 children born in 1948 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Scipio. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Scipios were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Scipio was born before 1924 — so the typical Scipio is around 101 today.

Median birth year
1924
About 101 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
33.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
57.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
0
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Choose a decade

1920s — 33.3% of all recorded uses (19).

Is Scipio 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1921 (8)
Years since peak
104
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
18.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,174
1942

Scipio around the world

Where Scipio 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.

  • South Australia
    1955–1955
    #392
    in 1955

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Scipio 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
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Best rank ever
#3,174
1942
Peak year
1921
8 that year
First recorded
1916
Last recorded
1948
All-time count
57
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Scipio

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

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Sibling names for Scipio

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

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