Consuelo
Feminine · “consolation”
Consuelo is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 16,955 girls against 90 boys since 1880.
Consuelo is consolation — a Spanish Marian title, Nuestra Señora del Consuelo, Our Lady of Consolation, given as a name to daughters across the Spanish-speaking world.
How old is the name Consuelo?
Consuelo first appears in US birth records in 1890 — 135 years ago. The typical Consuelo alive today was born around 1950, making them about 75 years old. About 9,600 people named Consuelo are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Consuelo most popular?
Consuelo peaked in 1930, reaching #339 nationally. Today it ranks #7885, 7,546 places below that high. See the whole 1930 chart.
Where it comes from
From consolari to Consuelo
The story of Consuelo
Spanish Catholic naming took a large set of Marian titles as girls' names — Consuelo, Dolores, Mercedes, Soledad, Amparo — each naming a quality or a sorrow of the Virgin. The practice is centuries old and remains ordinary. Spanish-speaking families brought Consuelo to the United States, where it peaked around 1930.
Meaning
consolation, comfort
From the Spanish consuelo, 'consolation' or 'solace', from the Latin consolari, 'to comfort'. It is a Marian devotional title rather than a description of the bearer. The word is ordinary Spanish and the meaning entirely transparent to speakers.
How the name formed
- consolari
- consuelo
- Consuelo
Related forms: Consuelo · Consolação · Consolata
Pronouncing Consuelo
kon-SWAY-loh
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Spanish says it the same way with a crisper final vowel.
Nicknames for Consuelo
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1890
- Most girls named
- 1926342 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #339reached in 1930
- Change vs 2022
- −23.5%13 in 2025, from 17
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Consuelo in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Consuelo in Spanish — same name
- Consolação in Portuguese — related form
- Consolata in Italian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas.
Consuelos among us
people named Consuelo are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 123,636 born in 2025 was named Consuelo
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Leone test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Consuelo's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Leone climbed just as high around 1904, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Leone's path sketches the road Consuelo is walking now.
Consuelo sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Consuelo beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Consuelo in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is transparent, undisputed and genuinely warm.
- It belongs to a coherent and centuries-old family of Marian names.
- Chelo and Connie are two short forms at very different registers.
- Three syllables and a spelling English speakers will pause over.
- It is strongly associated with Spanish-speaking Catholic naming.
- It is period-coded to the early twentieth century in American records.
Nobody names a baby alone.
Put Consuelo to the vote.
Add it to a family vote or a couple’s swipe deck — the other person gets one card, a simple answer and room to say why. No app, no account for them.
Only the people you invite can see your list.
Already decided on Consuelo? Hide it among decoys and let them guess.
What they receive
Someone added a name to your list
Consuelo
Feminine · #7885 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Consuelos are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 9,600 people named Consuelo are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Consuelo in 2025?
- Consuelo ranks #7885 among US girl names in 2025, with 13 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Consuelo?
- About 1 in every 123,636 US girls born in 2025 was named Consuelo — 13 in all.
- Will my child share the name Consuelo with classmates?
- Consuelo will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Consuelo
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Ola#7885 · Loula#7885 · Santa#7885 · Florentina#7885 · Marty#7885 · Jaye#7885 · Donya#7885 · Dollie#7885
Looking for what else is popular rather than what resembles Consuelo? See the current top 100.
Choosing between Consuelo and another name?
See them side by side — full stats, history and a gentle verdict.
Compare side by sideIn a hurry? Just pick a winner — one tap, no sign-up, and you see how everyone else voted.
Weighing a whole shortlist? Add the rest in the builder, or settle it with a bracket.
Cast your vote
Which one would you pick?
Your gut first, the numbers after — the split shows once you pick.
US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
No advertising trackers and no data sellinghow we handle your dataindependent and founder-run, about Name Battle