Fun Facts About the Name Olegario
- 414 babies named Olegario: U.S. records list 414 babies given the name Olegario from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Olegario Mean?
Olegario is a Spanish and Portuguese masculine name that descends from a Germanic personal name recorded in medieval Latin as Olegarius. The second element is generally identified with the Germanic root *gari- meaning "spear," a common building block in Gothic and Frankish names. The first element is less certain: it is often explained as a Germanic word for "all" (al-), which yields a sense such as "spear of all" or "universal spear," while some trace it instead to *ōþal-, meaning "inherited property" or "ancestral land." Because the name survives mainly in Latin documents, the exact first element has not been firmly settled.
Olegario Name History & Origins
The name belongs to the Germanic naming stock that the Visigoths carried into the Iberian Peninsula. Its best-documented early bearer is Saint Olegarius, known in Catalan as Oleguer: born around 1060, he served as bishop of Barcelona and later as archbishop of Tarragona, and he died in 1137 and was canonized in 1675. His Latin name Olegarius is one of the clearest early attestations of the name.
From the Crown of Aragon the name passed into Catalan as Oleguer and into Spanish as Olegario and Portuguese as Olegário. It has remained in use in Spain, particularly in Catalonia, and in Latin America, usually in its Spanish form.
How Popular is the Name Olegario?
Olegario 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 1981. Its best rank was #2,547 in 1925.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,637 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #11,863 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #13,585 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #10,475 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2009 | #8,131 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #9,614 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #11,959 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #7,848 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2005 | #6,512 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2003 | #8,412 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2002 | #7,461 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2001 | #5,588 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2000 | #9,983 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #8,468 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1998 | #6,693 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1996 | #6,940 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1995 | #6,816 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1994 | #4,725 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1993 | #7,392 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #6,008 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1991 | #5,006 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1990 | #4,903 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1989 | #6,060 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #6,258 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1987 | #7,805 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #5,756 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1985 | #7,295 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #6,017 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #3,881 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1981 | #3,362 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1980 | #5,342 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1979 | #3,746 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1978 | #4,449 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1977 | #5,648 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1976 | #4,302 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1975 | #3,602 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1974 | #3,506 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1972 | #5,535 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1970 | #4,119 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1969 | #4,274 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1957 | #4,391 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1954 | #4,213 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1952 | #3,628 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1950 | #4,054 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1945 | #2,922 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1942 | #3,922 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1931 | #4,172 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1926 | #3,618 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1925 | #2,547 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1924 | #4,786 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1923 | #3,383 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1922 | #3,175 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1921 | #4,204 | 6 | 0.0005% |
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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