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

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Peak · girls
#2,745
2002 · 55 births
Debut · girls
2001
38 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
480
since 2001

Americus over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202003peak #2,745, 2002peak #1,885, 1912girlsboys
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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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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 2003

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedARTennessee: #883 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,080 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Americus, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#883 · 1 in 6,080

Best ever in a state: #701 in Kentucky, 2004.

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Tennessee#88351 in 6,080
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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
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2000s314#2,745 (2002)#4,485
2010s133#5,557 (2012)#8,171
2020s33#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.

Americus in 2003

girls
#3,131
47 births · 1 in 38,875 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. #3,131Americus47
More about 2003

girls

1,827,145 girls got a published name in 2003; 1 in 38,875 of them was named Americus, which outranked 83.0% 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 Americus
  1. #3,085Uma48
  2. #3,085Zakia48
  3. #3,085Zeinab48
  4. #3,131Americus47
  5. #3,131Adora47
  6. #3,131Aide47
  7. #3,131Anaiyah47
  8. #3,187Aaniyah46
  9. #3,187Aidyn46
  10. #3,187Aislin46

Tied with 55 names at #3,131; 3 shown. 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 →