Americo

#8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births

Peak · boys
1917 · 104 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,911
since 1904

Americo over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Americo has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919peak #581, 1917boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#8,9108
2024#9,8947
2023#8,9218
2022#9,8237
2021#6,33513
2020#9,5547
2019—
2018#8,8198
2017#10,7756
2016#8,1469
2015#8,7448
2014—
2013#8,1189
2012#10,7706
2011#7,50210
2010#5,74115
2009#7,23611
2008#9,0198
2007#7,59010
2006#6,46012
2005#7,6409
2004#6,52011
2003#4,81516
2002#7,6438
2001#6,9359
2000#4,57316
1999#3,18225
1998#4,87313
1997#7,2817
1996#4,39614
1995#4,79112
1994#2,76626
1993#4,22714
1992#3,60417
1991#3,63616
1990#5,3829
1989#3,80914
1988#3,91512
1987#4,23910
1986#3,44013
1985#3,21614
1984#2,43720
1983#3,63011
1982#4,2349
1981#2,56918
1980#2,05826
1979#2,56818
1978#2,79915
1977#2,45818
1976#1,87326
1975#2,45017
1974#1,98322
1973#2,12419
1972#2,08019
1971#2,27917
1970#2,50914
1969#2,04617
1968#1,89418
1967#1,85318
1966#1,72320
1965#1,55925
1964#1,79320
1963#2,20014
1962#1,85219
1961#1,60225
1960#1,55227
1959#1,75921
1958#1,95317
1957#1,48728
1956#1,82119
1955#1,90217
1954#2,04415
1953#1,76519
1952#2,51410
1951#2,49510
1950#2,11113
1949#2,33711
1948#3,6685
1947#2,35611
1946#2,03013
1945#1,85214
1944#2,30910
1943#2,27711
1942#2,14512
1941#2,08312
1940#2,08112
1939#2,6098
1938#2,08412
1937#1,68817
1936#1,63917
1935#1,65618
1934#1,65818
1933#1,49821
1932#1,38725
1931#1,03142
1930#1,21534
1929#72974
1928#82663
1927#84064
1926#85560
1925#73079
1924#64798
1923#67191
1922#624106
1921#623104
1920#71383
1919#69081
1918#65189
1917#581104
1916#67178
1915#61687
1914#60370
1913#64847
1912#70037
1911#64423
1910#82214
1909#1,0209
1908#68515
1907#9309
1906#1,2535
1905#1,2335
1904#1,2055
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First appearance
1904

The first year at least five boys were named Americo! It came in at #1,205, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2014, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Americo is popular in 1919

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedMINew York: #363 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 6,474 boysNYMassachusetts: #128 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,212 boysMARhode Island: #79 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 416 boysRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #526 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 15,847 boysPANew Jersey: #265 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,455 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #355 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,638 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Americo, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Rhode Island#79 · 1 in 416
  2. Massachusetts#128 · 1 in 1,212
  3. New Jersey#265 · 1 in 4,455
  4. California#355 · 1 in 3,638
  5. New York#363 · 1 in 6,474

Best ever in a state: #65 in Rhode Island, 1917.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#79111 in 416
Massachusetts#128251 in 1,212
New Jersey#26561 in 4,455
California#35561 in 3,638
New York#363131 in 6,474
Pennsylvania#52651 in 15,847
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Americo
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 984 spots since 2024 (#9,894 → #8,910)
  • 644 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #8,910)
  • 166 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #8,910)
  • Biggest jump: 323 spots in 1907 (#1,253 → #930)
  • Biggest drop: 486 spots in 1930 (#729 → #1,215)
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1904
  • Peaked 1917 at #581 (104 births)
  • Births halved by 1930, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 22 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1910–1929
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,899
  • Highest: 1 in 8,899 boys born in 1917 were named Americo (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 28.2% of all boys named Americo (822) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s48#685 (1908)#1,054
1910s630#581 (1917)#663
1920s822#623 (1921)#726
1930s212#1,031 (1931)#1,647
1940s111#1,852 (1945)#2,314
1950s169#1,487 (1957)#1,985
1960s203#1,552 (1960)#1,807
1970s185#1,873 (1976)#2,312
1980s147#2,058 (1980)#3,355
1990s153#2,766 (1994)#4,414
2000s110#4,573 (2000)#6,843
2010s71#5,741 (2010)#8,577
2020s50#6,335 (2021)#8,906

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

Americo in 1919

boys
#690
81 births · 1 in 12,100 boys

Top boys' names in 1919

  1. #1John53,522
  2. #2William43,969
  3. #3James42,392
  4. #4Robert41,025
  5. #5Charles25,192
  6. #6George25,170
  7. #7Joseph24,266
  8. #8Edward18,536
  9. #9Frank15,701
  10. #10Thomas13,434
  11. #690Americo81
More about 1919

boys

980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 12,100 of them was named Americo, which outranked 85.7% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Americo
  1. #686Leander82
  2. #686Merl82
  3. #686Santiago82
  4. #690Americo81
  5. #690Alvie81
  6. #690Alvis81
  7. #690Jason81
  8. #695Carleton80
  9. #695Elliot80
  10. #695Garth80

Tied with 4 names at #690; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. ↑ 446Quinten#1,313 → #867
  2. ↑ 432Dempsey#1,012 → #580
  3. ↑ 341Winton#1,231 → #890
  4. ↑ 334Donnie#1,211 → #877
  5. ↑ 332Edsel#1,062 → #730
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,008Foch#869 → #2,877
  2. ↓ 582Carmel#949 → #1,531
  3. ↓ 403Eligah#918 → #1,321
  4. ↓ 398Nels#809 → #1,207
  5. ↓ 355Myer#966 → #1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1919 →