Fun Facts About the Name Higinio
- 690 babies named Higinio: U.S. records list 690 babies given the name Higinio from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Higinio Mean?
Higinio is a Spanish masculine name meaning "healthy" or "sound." It is a vernacular form of the Latin name Hyginus, which comes from the Greek adjective hygiēs (ὑγιής), "healthy, sound." The same Greek root lies behind the word hygiene. The written h is silent in Spanish, and the ending -io reflects the Spanish adaptation of the Latin name.
Higinio Name History & Origins
The name belongs to a family of forms derived from Latin Hyginus, a name used in the Roman world. Its best-known early Christian bearer is Saint Hyginus, bishop of Rome around 138 - 142, who is venerated in Spanish as San Higinio. The Latin name was carried into the Romance languages; Spanish developed Higinio, while Italian has Igino and Portuguese Higino. Spanish keeps the initial h in writing but does not pronounce it. Higinio is used as a masculine given name in Spain and Latin America.
How Popular is the Name Higinio?
Higinio has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1956. Its best rank was #1,816 in 1945.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | #12,839 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #11,506 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #13,259 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 2007 | #13,054 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 2006 | #9,019 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #12,091 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #10,449 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #9,833 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #8,636 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #9,535 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #10,524 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #8,895 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #9,824 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #5,322 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1995 | #7,292 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1994 | #7,260 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1993 | #6,434 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #5,011 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1991 | #7,631 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #8,623 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1989 | #7,342 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #6,411 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #3,725 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1985 | #3,484 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1984 | #5,186 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1983 | #5,125 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1982 | #4,057 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1981 | #4,296 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1980 | #4,671 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1979 | #3,659 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1978 | #4,730 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1977 | #3,702 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1976 | #5,948 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1975 | #5,052 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1974 | #3,418 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1973 | #3,840 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1972 | #3,764 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1971 | #3,241 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1970 | #3,638 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1969 | #3,169 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1968 | #4,380 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1967 | #3,719 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1966 | #2,699 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1965 | #2,533 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1964 | #2,472 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1963 | #2,935 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1962 | #4,294 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1961 | #3,205 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1960 | #3,479 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1959 | #2,587 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1958 | #2,913 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1957 | #2,132 | 15 | 0.0007% |
| 1956 | #1,972 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 1954 | #2,517 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1953 | #3,253 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1952 | #2,966 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1951 | #3,934 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1950 | #3,165 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1949 | #3,930 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1947 | #3,208 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1945 | #1,816 | 15 | 0.0011% |
| 1944 | #3,270 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1943 | #3,758 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1942 | #3,066 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1941 | #2,754 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1940 | #2,991 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1938 | #2,392 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1937 | #3,028 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1936 | #2,001 | 13 | 0.0013% |
| 1935 | #3,897 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1934 | #3,911 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1933 | #3,445 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1932 | #3,218 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1931 | #2,151 | 13 | 0.0013% |
| 1930 | #2,679 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1929 | #2,673 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1927 | #4,454 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1926 | #2,640 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1925 | #3,938 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1924 | #3,362 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1923 | #3,630 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1922 | #2,898 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1921 | #4,076 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1920 | #3,633 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1919 | #4,438 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1918 | #4,447 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1916 | #4,189 | 5 | 0.0006% |
| 1914 | #3,066 | 6 | 0.0009% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Higinio Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You attract success and money. You are a lover of nature and do not need others for your happiness. You are self sufficient. You strive for material success and power and have business sense. You possess strong organizational abilities, can be a good manager, and executive by nature. You are capable of great achievement in business and finance. You are intuitive and might be interested in the arts, drama or science.
Position and social status is very important for you and you are always looking for way to improve your position in society. You have power and ability to chose your own destiny and achieve anything you want in life. You can expand in any direction according to your will and the set of values. You have passion for justice and belong to the position of authority. You have an inherent courage and endurance to accomplish "The Impossible Dream". With the power comes responsibility. You hold keys to the material world, but with this gift comes high spiritual responsibility to be fair and true to others. You are philosophical and mature, determined and intense with a desire to endure, often religious.
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