Meaning of the nameDécio

Male
Latin origin
Dé-ci-o

Décio is a male name of Latin origin, from the Roman name Decius, which Machado, cited by the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, links to decem, 'ten'.

Meaning

“from Latin Decius, probably derived from decem, 'ten'; a name given to the tenth son”

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Decio · Behind the Name: Decimus

People (2022): 13,524
Rank in Brazil: #1,379
Median age: 59 years
2010 Census: 16,988; people

Décio in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Décio, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (3,569 people).

30 women 13,494 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Décio is most common

States with the highest share of people named Décio in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	5,080	0.011%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,935	0.018%
Minas Gerais	1,606	0.008%
Rio de Janeiro	1,081	0.007%
Paraná	788	0.007%
Santa Catarina	674	0.009%
Bahia	450	0.003%
Goiás	244	0.004%
Pernambuco	206	0.002%
Mato Grosso	168	0.005%
Espírito Santo	165	0.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul	146	0.005%
Distrito Federal	142	0.005%
Rio Grande do Norte	131	0.004%
Ceará	114	0.001%
Pará	105	0.001%
Piauí	88	0.003%
Sergipe	68	0.003%
Maranhão	67	0.001%
Paraíba	62	0.002%
Amazonas	49	0.001%
Rondônia	44	0.003%
Alagoas	40	0.001%
Tocantins	37	0.002%
Amapá	16	0.002%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Décio

Décio comes from Latin Decius, a Roman family name. According to Machado, cited by the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, Decius probably derives from decem, and the name was given to the tenth son; Behind the Name derives it from an Oscan variant of the given name Decimus, which means 'tenth' in Latin. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 13,524 people named Décio, with a median age of 59. The name is almost always male, peaked among people born in the 1960s and, proportionally, is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Decio · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Behind the Name: Decius · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Decimus · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Décio · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Décio

What does the name Décio mean?

Décio means “from Latin Decius, probably derived from decem, 'ten'; a name given to the tenth son”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Décio in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 13,524 people with the first name Décio, which ranks it number 1,379 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Décio a boy's or a girl's name?

Décio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 30 women and 13,494 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Décio?

Décio is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Décio most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.018% of the state's population is named Décio (1,935 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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