America

#1,733 for girls in 2025, 117 births · Last seen for boys in 1932 at #3,776
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2002 · 705 births
Debut · girls
16 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
13,522
since 1880

America over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. America has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201888peak #411, 2002girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,733117—
2024#1,823110—
2023#2,02097—
2022#2,14289—
2021#1,801112—
2020#1,632127—
2019#1,415158—
2018#1,451151—
2017#1,236193—
2016#1,012261—
2015#962282—
2014#849325—
2013#784347—
2012#907288—
2011#814329—
2010#661443—
2009#560544—
2008#506615—
2007#460700—
2006#461687—
2005#427719—
2004#481612—
2003#510563—
2002#411705—
2001#521513—
2000#714324—
1999#871247—
1998#914230—
1997#1,298134—
1996#1,296133—
1995#1,419115—
1994#1,380119—
1993#1,397116—
1992#1,57598—
1991#1,67788—
1990#1,90573—
1989#1,58788—
1988#1,70475—
1987#2,15650—
1986#1,98055—
1985#2,17248—
1984#2,22744—
1983#1,85856—
1982#2,49238—
1981#1,91256—
1980#1,86358—
1979#1,71264—
1978#2,30539—
1977#1,76158—
1976#1,35579—
1975#1,78052—
1974#1,77250—
1973#2,26734—
1972#1,94642—
1971#2,21236—
1970#2,16037—
1969#2,70424—
1968#2,48225—
1967#2,43225—
1966#2,45324—
1965#2,83319—
1964#2,75221—
1963#3,17616—
1962#2,92218—
1961#3,60813—
1960#2,51223—
1959#2,59620—
1958#5,4086—
1957#2,41622—
1956#3,69611—
1955#2,97115—
1954#4,2788—
1953#2,43119—
1952#2,58117—
1951#2,47417—
1950#2,90913—
1949#3,17611—
1948#2,82813—
1947#2,53016—
1946#2,59714—
1945#3,1329—
1944#2,51113—
1943#2,25116—
1942#2,53713—
1941#1,88219—
1940#1,84519—
1939#1,42427—
1938#2,22514—
1937#2,44812—
1936#2,03215—
1935#2,9269—
1934#2,9239—
1933#1,83518—
1932#2,03716#3,7765
1931#1,63522—
1930#1,60724—
1929#1,33932—
1928#1,63725—
1927#2,25616—
1926#1,62326—
1925#1,74824—
1924#1,35436—
1923#1,28337—
1922#1,12446—
1921#1,29836—
1920#1,34934—
1919#1,19439—
1918#1,01850—
1917#1,65222—
1916#1,86718#3,8975
1915#1,28530#3,3926
1914#1,11929—
1913#1,06726—
1912#1,08023—
1911#1,00719—
1910#1,33512—
1909#93519—
1908#1,04415—
1907#94516—
1906#1,04313—
1905#87218—
1904#1,17010—
1903#83617—
1902#87216—
1901#1,00711—
1900#97015—
1899#62924—
1898#75020—
1897#1,1678—
1896#81316—
1895#93212—
1894#99810—
1893#86512—
1892#72616—
1891#57221—
1890#69315—
1889#56720—
1888#61217—
1887#58615—
1886#60614—
1885#50018—
1884#61412—
1883#51714—
1882#50713—
1881#50311—
1880#42116—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, America was already there! It came in at #421, and was given to 16 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1958, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

Where America is popular in 1888

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about America
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 90 spots since 2024 (#1,823 → #1,733)
  • 101 spots since 2020 (#1,632 → #1,733)
  • 771 spots since 2015 (#962 → #1,733)
  • Biggest jump: 417 spots in 1898 (#1,167 → #750)
  • Biggest drop: 400 spots in 1910 (#935 → #1,335)
Rise & fade · girls
122 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2002 at #411 (705 births)
  • Births halved by 2011, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 43 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1998–2015
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,549
  • Highest: 1 in 2,549 girls born in 2002 were named America (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 13,737 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 44.2% of all girls named America (5,982) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s150#421 (1880)#543
1890s154#572 (1891)#815
1900s150#836 (1903)#969
1910s268#1,007 (1911)#1,262
1920s312#1,124 (1922)#1,501
1930s166#1,424 (1939)#2,109
1940s143#1,845 (1940)#2,529
1950s148#2,416 (1957)#3,176
1960s208#2,432 (1967)#2,787
1970s491#1,355 (1976)#1,927
1980s568#1,587 (1989)#1,995
1990s1,353#871 (1999)#1,373
2000s5,982#411 (2002)#505
2010s2,777#661 (2010)#1,009
2020s652#1,632 (2020)#1,859

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

America in 1888

girls
#612
17 births · 1 in 10,507 girls

Top girls' names in 1888

  1. #1Mary11,754
  2. #2Anna4,982
  3. #3Elizabeth3,224
  4. #4Emma3,087
  5. #5Margaret2,904
  6. #6Minnie2,654
  7. #7Bertha2,450
  8. #8Florence2,444
  9. #9Ethel2,374
  10. #10Bessie2,278
  11. #612America17
More about 1888

girls

178,622 girls got a published name in 1888; 1 in 10,507 of them was named America, which outranked 58.5% of the 1,474 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside America
  1. #593Selena18
  2. #593Sula18
  3. #593Theodora18
  4. #612America17
  5. #612Annabel17
  6. #612Arrie17
  7. #612Carmela17
  8. #636Adaline16
  9. #636Albertine16
  10. #636Amie16

Tied with 23 names at #612; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1887
Risers
  1. ↑ 535Zilpha#1,147 → #612
  2. ↑ 511Eudora#1,147 → #636
  3. ↑ 478Lorraine#1,036 → #558
  4. ↑ 457Dillie#1,147 → #690
  5. ↑ 457Leanna#1,147 → #690
Fallers
  1. ↓ 643Anabel#633 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 583Tennessee#693 → #1,276
  3. ↓ 576Diana#560 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 576Hope#560 → #1,136
  5. ↓ 550Margaretha#586 → #1,136

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1888 →