Amerigo
Last seen for boys in 1972 at #4,986
- Peak · boys
- 1911 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 359since 1910
Amerigo over time
Rank among boys' names. Amerigo has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
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| 1940 | #3,459 | 5 |
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| 1938 | #2,868 | 7 |
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| 1932 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | #2,408 | 12 |
| 1926 | #1,787 | 19 |
| 1925 | #2,588 | 11 |
| 1924 | #1,839 | 19 |
| 1923 | #2,224 | 14 |
| 1922 | #1,883 | 18 |
| 1921 | #1,980 | 17 |
| 1920 | #1,885 | 18 |
| 1919 | #1,973 | 16 |
| 1918 | #1,596 | 22 |
| 1917 | #1,264 | 29 |
| 1916 | #1,374 | 25 |
| 1915 | #1,454 | 22 |
| 1914 | #1,492 | 17 |
| 1913 | #1,497 | 13 |
| 1912 | #1,746 | 9 |
| 1911 | #925 | 13 |
| 1910 | #1,589 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Amerigo! It came in at #1,589, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1932–1937, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Amerigo is popular in 1924
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#509 · 1 in 13,738
- Pennsylvania#514 · 1 in 15,147
Best ever in a state: #256 in New York, 1911.
Show every state
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| New York | #509 | 7 | 1 in 13,738 |
| Pennsylvania | #514 | 6 | 1 in 15,147 |
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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 Amerigo
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1972
- Biggest jump: 664 spots in 1911 (#1,589 → #925)
- Biggest drop: 821 spots in 1912 (#925 → #1,746)
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1911 at #925 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1932, 21 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1911
- Highest: 1 in 17,382 boys born in 1911 were named Amerigo (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 324,322 boys born in 1972 (0.00%)
- 47.6% of all boys named Amerigo (171) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1910s | 171 | #925 (1911) | #1,491 |
| 1920s | 149 | #1,787 (1926) | #2,187 |
| 1930s | 29 | #2,471 (1931) | #3,101 |
| 1940s | 5 | #3,459 (1940) | #3,459 |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 5 | #4,986 (1972) | #4,986 |
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.
Amerigo in 1924
Top boys' names in 1924
More about 1924
boys
1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 59,618 of them was named Amerigo, which outranked 63.0% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,776Vilas20
- #1,776Waddell20
- #1,776Willy20
- #1,839Amerigo19
- #1,839Adelard19
- #1,839Alban19
- #1,839Albertus19
- #1,894Adolphe18
- #1,894Aldon18
- #1,894Alfons18
Tied with 54 names at #1,839; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.