Americus
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293
- Last seen for boys in 1937 at #3,518
- Given to girls 77.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2002 · 55 births
- Debut · girls
- 38 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 480since 2001
Americus over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | — | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | — | |
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| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | — | |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | — | |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | — | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,447 | 13 | — | |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | — | |
| 2013 | #7,031 | 17 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,557 | 24 | — | |
| 2011 | #7,436 | 16 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,382 | 20 | — | |
| 2009 | #4,805 | 30 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,799 | 19 | — | |
| 2007 | #6,812 | 19 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,576 | 31 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,828 | 27 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,180 | 48 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,131 | 47 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,745 | 55 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,486 | 38 | — | |
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| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
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| 1932 | — | #3,361 | 6 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,651 | 9 | |
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| 1927 | — | #3,451 | 7 | |
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| 1925 | — | #3,741 | 6 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,867 | 6 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,467 | 7 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,252 | 8 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,214 | 8 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,459 | 12 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,096 | 8 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,986 | 15 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,043 | 14 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,310 | 11 | |
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| 1913 | — | #2,496 | 6 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,885 | 8 | |
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First appearance
2001
The first year at least five girls were named Americus! It came in at #3,486, and was given to 38 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2018, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Americus is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Americus in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Americus
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 2001
- Peaked 2002 at #2,745 (55 births)
- Births halved by 2005, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 32,671
- Highest: 1 in 32,671 girls born in 2002 were named Americus (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 65.4% of all girls named Americus (314) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2001
- Mostly boys until 2000, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 314 | #2,745 (2002) | #4,485 |
| 2010s | 133 | #5,557 (2012) | #8,171 |
| 2020s | 33 | #8,464 (2021) | #11,691 |
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.
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