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How popular is “America” in the USA?

Number of people named “America” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “America” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “America” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “America” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “America” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “America” by birth year

This chart shows how “America” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 16 0.000079411 16 100%
1881 11 0.000057087 11 100%
1882 13 0.000058682 13 100%
1883 14 0.000064532 14 100%
1884 12 0.000049289 12 100%
1885 18 0.000074734 18 100%
1886 14 0.000054834 14 100%
1887 15 0.000060633 15 100%
1888 17 0.000056766 17 100%
1889 20 0.000069217 20 100%
1890 15 0.000049768 15 100%
1891 21 0.000073254 21 100%
1892 16 0.000047851 16 100%
1893 12 0.000036898 12 100%
1894 10 0.000029526 10 100%
1895 12 0.000034186 12 100%
1896 16 0.000044757 16 100%
1897 8 0.000023058 8 100%
1898 20 0.000052431 20 100%
1899 24 0.000070748 24 100%
1900 15 0.000033314 15 100%
1901 11 0.000031809 11 100%
1902 16 0.000041372 16 100%
1903 17 0.000044596 17 100%
1904 10 0.000024784 10 100%
1905 18 0.000042461 18 100%
1906 13 0.000030342 13 100%
1907 16 0.00003438 16 100%
1908 15 0.000030697 15 100%
1909 19 0.000037166 19 100%
1910 12 0.000020315 12 100%
1911 19 0.00002949 19 100%
1912 23 0.000023278 23 100%
1913 26 0.000022865 26 100%
1914 29 0.000020475 29 100%
1915 36 0.000019646 30 6 67%
1916 23 0.00001189 18 5 57%
1917 22 0.000010963 22 100%
1918 50 0.00002303 50 100%
1919 39 0.000018481 39 100%
1920 34 0.000015027 34 100%
1921 36 0.000015421 36 100%
1922 46 0.000020095 46 100%
1923 37 0.00001607 37 100%
1924 36 0.000015116 36 100%
1925 24 0.000010286 24 100%
1926 26 0.000011325 26 100%
1927 16 0.000006898 16 100%
1928 25 0.000011057 25 100%
1929 32 0.000014597 32 100%
1930 24 0.000010795 24 100%
1931 22 0.000010454 22 100%
1932 21 0.000009947 16 5 52%
1933 18 0.000009002 18 100%
1934 9 0.000004334 9 100%
1935 9 0.000004306 9 100%
1936 15 0.00000722 15 100%
1937 12 0.000005632 12 100%
1938 14 0.000006327 14 100%
1939 27 0.000012254 27 100%
1940 19 0.000008251 19 100%
1941 19 0.000007798 19 100%
1942 13 0.000004759 13 100%
1943 16 0.000005669 16 100%
1944 13 0.000004833 13 100%
1945 9 0.000003393 9 100%
1946 14 0.000004381 14 100%
1947 16 0.000004442 16 100%
1948 13 0.000003765 13 100%
1949 11 0.000003157 11 100%
1950 13 0.000003711 13 100%
1951 17 0.000004615 17 100%
1952 17 0.000004476 17 100%
1953 19 0.00000493 19 100%
1954 8 0.00000201 8 100%
1955 15 0.000003736 15 100%
1956 11 0.000002668 11 100%
1957 22 0.000005235 22 100%
1958 6 0.000001451 6 100%
1959 20 0.00000481 20 100%
1960 23 0.000005537 23 100%
1961 13 0.000003138 13 100%
1962 18 0.000004461 18 100%
1963 16 0.000004042 16 100%
1964 21 0.000005402 21 100%
1965 19 0.000005241 19 100%
1966 24 0.000006905 24 100%
1967 25 0.000007364 25 100%
1968 25 0.0000074 25 100%
1969 24 0.000006906 24 100%
1970 37 0.000010259 37 100%
1971 36 0.000010488 36 100%
1972 42 0.000013363 42 100%
1973 34 0.00001127 34 100%
1974 50 0.000016447 50 100%
1975 52 0.000017222 52 100%
1976 79 0.000026036 79 100%
1977 58 0.000018259 58 100%
1978 39 0.000012288 39 100%
1979 64 0.000019237 64 100%
1980 58 0.000016838 58 100%
1981 56 0.000016188 56 100%
1982 38 0.000010833 38 100%
1983 56 0.000016169 56 100%
1984 44 0.000012612 44 100%
1985 48 0.000013449 48 100%
1986 55 0.000015462 55 100%
1987 50 0.000013867 50 100%
1988 75 0.000020297 75 100%
1989 88 0.00002289 88 100%
1990 73 0.000018469 73 100%
1991 88 0.000022592 88 100%
1992 98 0.000025512 98 100%
1993 116 0.000030767 116 100%
1994 119 0.000032009 119 100%
1995 115 0.000031402 115 100%
1996 133 0.000036466 133 100%
1997 134 0.000036958 134 100%
1998 230 0.00006253 230 100%
1999 247 0.000066868 247 100%
2000 324 0.000085716 324 100%
2001 513 0.000137042 513 100%
2002 705 0.000188589 705 100%
2003 563 0.000148068 563 100%
2004 612 0.000160171 612 100%
2005 719 0.000187004 719 100%
2006 687 0.000173652 687 100%
2007 700 0.000175101 700 100%
2008 615 0.000156462 615 100%
2009 543 0.00014214 543 100%
2010 443 0.000119868 443 100%
2011 329 0.000089945 329 100%
2012 288 0.000078745 288 100%
2013 347 0.000095181 347 100%
2014 325 0.000087687 325 100%
2015 282 0.000076197 282 100%
2016 261 0.000071142 261 100%
2017 193 0.000053968 193 100%
2018 151 0.000042948 151 100%
2019 158 0.000045521 158 100%
2020 127 0.000038017 127 100%
2021 112 0.000033058 112 100%
2022 89 0.000026307 89 100%
2023 97 0.000029295 97 100%
2024 110 0.000033048 110 100%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to America:

  1. Amere
  2. Ameri
  3. Ameria
  4. Ameriah
  5. Ameriana
  6. America (this page)
  7. Americas
  8. Americo
  9. Americus
  10. Amerie
  11. Amerigo