Given name
Alco
Alco is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Latin.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1926. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alco through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1926
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1926. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Alco’s family of names
In Latin usage, Alco has a related form in Alcōn.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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