Americus

Where Americus comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin Americus.
— Wiktionary's entry for Americus
  • 4 syllables
Americus through the years
  1. 2001
    First appearance
    #3,486 among girls with 38 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2001
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 2002
    Peak, #2,745
    55 babies named Americus, the most in any year.
  4. 2005
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #4,828.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.