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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202003peak #411, 2002girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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 2003

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedNHWashington: #805 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,810 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #750 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,183 girlsMNIllinois: #423 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 2,310 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedWIMichigan: #957 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,013 girlsMINew York: #939 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 6,540 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedRIOregon: #618 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,246 girlsORNevada: #176 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 689 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #889 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,028 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #253 for girls · 178 births · 1 in 1,273 girlsCAUtah: #517 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,580 girlsUTColorado: #449 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,102 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedDEArizona: #239 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 1,022 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedNMKansas: #385 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,707 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #656 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,954 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #657 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,327 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedALGeorgia: #751 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,522 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named America, so not publishedHITexas: #208 for girls · 160 births · 1 in 988 girlsTXFlorida: #1,303 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 9,977 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nevada#176 · 1 in 689
  2. Texas#208 · 1 in 988
  3. Arizona#239 · 1 in 1,022
  4. California#253 · 1 in 1,273
  5. Kansas#385 · 1 in 1,707

Best ever in a state: #137 in Nevada, 2005.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nevada#176151 in 689
Texas#2081601 in 988
Arizona#239331 in 1,022
California#2531781 in 1,273
Kansas#38581 in 1,707
Illinois#423301 in 2,310
Colorado#449121 in 2,102
Utah#51771 in 2,580
Oregon#61851 in 3,246
North Carolina#656111 in 3,954
Oklahoma#65751 in 3,327
Minnesota#75051 in 5,183
Georgia#751111 in 4,522
Washington#80561 in 4,810
New Jersey#88971 in 6,028
New York#939151 in 6,540
Michigan#95771 in 7,013
Florida#1,30381 in 9,977
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 2003

girls
#510
563 births · 1 in 3,245 girls

Top girls' names in 2003

  1. #1Emily25,693
  2. #2Emma22,719
  3. #3Madison20,201
  4. #4Hannah17,638
  5. #5Olivia16,154
  6. #6Abigail15,932
  7. #7Alexis14,867
  8. #8Ashley14,519
  9. #9Elizabeth14,123
  10. #10Samantha13,870
  11. #510America563
More about 2003

girls

1,827,145 girls got a published name in 2003; 1 in 3,245 of them was named America, which outranked 97.2% of the 18,439 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside America
  1. #507Deja565
  2. #507Janet565
  3. #509Ximena564
  4. #510America563
  5. #510Gisselle563
  6. #512Maddison560
  7. #513Marlene559
  8. #514Emilia557

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2002
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,689Laci#2,126 → #437
  2. ↑ 1,528Karyme#2,467 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,500Roselyn#2,467 → #967
  4. ↑ 1,326Kaydence#2,310 → #984
  5. ↑ 1,170Sherlyn#2,081 → #911
Fallers
  1. ↓ 481Odalys#951 → #1,432
  2. ↓ 400Kari#975 → #1,375
  3. ↓ 334Litzy#501 → #835
  4. ↓ 289Alysha#960 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 252Roxana#861 → #1,113

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

See the top 100 for 2003 →