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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201894peak #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 1894

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 1894

girls
#998
10 births · 1 in 22,292 girls

Top girls' names in 1894

  1. #1Mary13,151
  2. #2Anna5,565
  3. #3Margaret3,700
  4. #4Helen3,676
  5. #5Elizabeth3,425
  6. #6Ruth3,372
  7. #7Ethel3,287
  8. #8Florence3,233
  9. #9Emma2,937
  10. #10Marie2,649
  11. #998America10
More about 1894

girls

222,922 girls got a published name in 1894; 1 in 22,292 of them was named America, which outranked 41.4% of the 1,702 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside America
  1. #950Virdie11
  2. #950Willia11
  3. #950Zadie11
  4. #998America10
  5. #998Alba10
  6. #998Alverda10
  7. #998Ana10
  8. #1,061Ader9
  9. #1,061Anner9
  10. #1,061Annice9

Tied with 62 names at #998; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1893
Risers
  1. 794Versie#1,437#643
  2. 613Nadine#1,277#664
  3. 587Genoveva#1,437#850
  4. 558Lavada#1,277#719
  5. 532Libby#1,437#905
Fallers
  1. 691Macy#794#1,485
  2. 659Fredericka#826#1,485
  3. 586Dee#767#1,353
  4. 584Katharyn#901#1,485
  5. 584Leva#901#1,485

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

See the top 100 for 1894