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Alvaro

Alvaro is a boy's name, a distinctive, less common pick, that is currently on the rise, with its biggest decade yet in the 2000s.

SpanishSpanish/Germanic
EtymologyMeaning "guardian" or "elf army"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
78
1920s
259
1930s
232
1940s
270
1950s
499
1960s
657
1970s
1,201
1980s
2,420
1990s
3,352
2000s
3,913
2010s
2,039
Peaked in the 2000s · 14,920 total U.S. births since 1900