Given name & surname

Cinco

“the fifth-born child Cуnco”

Cinco is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “the fifth-born child Cуnco.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One Spanish interpretation is “the fifth-born child Cуnco.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.

How it developed

From Philippine Spanish Cinco.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2019. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Cinco through the years

Babies since 1880
38
38 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2025
11 babies
2025
11
#7,285 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+100%
Rising fast
024682025Highest share 20256.4
Cinco in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2019–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,285 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 977 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Cinco’s family of names

In Filipino usage, Cinco as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Wu. In Filipino usage, Cinco as a surname has an alternative spelling in SINCO. In Filipino usage, Cinco as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with OH.

Walk Cinco’s family in the name graph

CincoSincoSingcoOh

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 5

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Sibling ideas

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