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Amando

#9,765 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Form of Amandus

Amando has been given to 1,387 babies in the U.S. since 1913. In 2025 it ranked #9,765 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2002, with 28 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% boys, 10% girls all-time.

Babies named Amando, 2025

1 in 474,000

Amando over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Amando over time

In 2025, Amando went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19132025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Amando: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Amandus

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Amando means

Amando is a form of Amandus.

Origin, language, and formation

Amando is used in Italian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Amandus.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,253 boys were recorded with the name Amando between 1913 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 28 in 2002; its best national rank was #1,835 in 1943.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #8,107 in 2020 to #9,765 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,779 in 2015 to #9,765 in 2025.

In the United States, 134 girls were recorded with the name Amando between 1978 and 1993. Its highest annual count was 16 in 1988; its best national rank was #4,867 in 1985.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Amando?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 474,000
7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 244,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#9,765
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
328,272 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Amando sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Amando. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Amandos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Amando was born before 1979 — so the typical Amando is around 46 today.

Median birth year
1979
About 46 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
14.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
23.1%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
939
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Choose a decade

1990s — 14.5% of all recorded uses (182).

Is Amando rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+188
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,658
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−986
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.88×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
25.0%
Peak was 2002 (28)
Years since peak
23
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
23.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,835
1943

Spellings of Amando

Amando is not the most common spelling — Armando is, with 64.1% against Amando's 1.1%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Amando is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Amando was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 64,623 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 33,333
  2. 2California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Amando has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Amando is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Amando was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 3,202,555 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Amando has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Amando by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#9,765
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,658
Best rank ever
#1,835
1943
Peak year
2002
28 that year
First recorded
1913
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,253
Count in 2025
7

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,867
1985
Peak year
1988
16 that year
First recorded
1978
Last recorded
1993
All-time count
134
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Amando

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Amando

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