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America

#1,734 in 2025Girls' name

Meaning and deeper origin uncertain

America has been given to 13,538 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #1,734 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2005, with 719 recorded.

Babies named America, 2025

1 in 28,300

America over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

America: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and deeper origin uncertain

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What America means

America is a given name.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Learned borrowing from New Latin America, feminine Latinized form of the Italian first name of Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512). Amerigo is an Italian name derived from a Germanic language and is etymologically related to Henry and Emmerich. The earliest known use of America for the (South) American continent is on a 1507 map by Martin Waldseemüller; see Naming of the Americas for more. Although this is the most widely accepted derivation, it has also been suggested that it could originate from the name of the Amerrisque mountains in Nicaragua (from Mayan), and another disputed theory is that it derives from the surname of Richard Amerike (1440–1503), whose surname is an anglicised form of Welsh ap Meurig (“son of Meurig”), from Old Welsh Mouric, which could be a rendition of Latin Mauritius (compare Maurice).

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Origin, language, and formation

America is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Mauritius.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, America is pronounced /əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kə/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 13,522 girls were recorded with the name America between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 719 in 2005; its best national rank was #411 in 2002.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,632 in 2020 to #1,734 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #962 in 2015 to #1,734 in 2025.

In the United States, 16 boys were recorded with the name America between 1915 and 1932. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1915; its best national rank was #3,406 in 1915.

How common is America?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 28,300
117 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 13,700
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,734
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
19,641 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where America sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 5002%

Put another way: gather 19,641 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another America. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Americas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as America was born before 2004 — so the typical America is around 21 today.

Median birth year
2004
About 21 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
44.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
67.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
12,179
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 44.2% of all recorded uses (5,982).

Is America 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
+89
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−102
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−772
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.41×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
16.3%
Peak was 2005 (719)
Years since peak
20
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
13.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#411
2002

Spellings of America

America is not the most common spelling — Amelia is, with 50.8% against America's 2.4%.

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 America is used

Across 2016–2025, America was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 4,348 girls, against 1 in 8,238 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 100,000).

123 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 4,348
  2. 2Arizona1 in 4,762
  3. 3California1 in 5,263
  4. 4Nevada1 in 5,263
  5. 5Illinois1 in 11,111
  6. 6Colorado1 in 14,286
  7. 7Florida1 in 14,286
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 20,000

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.

America around the world

Where America ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • Canada
    2002–2002
    #1,481
    in 2002

Popularity data from Statistics Canada. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named America

People whose public names include America, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

America by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,734
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 102
Best rank ever
#411
2002
Peak year
2005
719 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
13,522
Count in 2025
117

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,406
1915
Peak year
1915
6 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
1932
All-time count
16
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to America

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

AmelieAmeerahAmethystAmeeraDanicaJerricaAmerieYessicaAmeenahAmeenaAmeliahAmelliaPatricaNauticaJesicaAnjelicaJennicaJericaDomenicaAmeriaAmelyaAmerikaAmeliyaYesica

Names with a curve like America

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as America, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

MadysonAbbigailLeslyAnnikaHaylieJaidaBrisaAniyaAmyaYazminNatalyEvelin

Sibling names for America

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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