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Americus

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Possibly hard work, struggle + king, through Amerigo

Americus has been given to 622 babies in the U.S. since 2001. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2002, with 55 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 77% girls, 23% boys all-time.

Babies named Americus, 2024

1 in 669,000

Americus over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Americus over time

In 2024, Americus went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19122024

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.

Americus: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly hard work, struggle + king, through Amerigo

Italian

What Americus means

Americus belongs to the name family reached through Americus → Americus → Amerigo → *Amalarīks. Its meaning is “hard work, struggle + king”.

Origin, language, and formation

Americus is used in English and Latin. Its origins include Italian.

Americus comes through Latin Americus.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Amerigo, Americus and *Amalarīks.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Americus is pronounced /əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kʊs/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 480 girls were recorded with the name Americus between 2001 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 55 in 2002; its best national rank was #2,742 in 2002.

In the United States, 142 boys were recorded with the name Americus between 1912 and 1937. Its highest annual count was 15 in 1917; its best national rank was #1,893 in 1912.

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 Americus?

Americus had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024
1 in 669,000
5 of 3,342,801 births
Among girls only
1 in 324,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2024
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
463,412 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Americus 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 2024 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 463,412 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Americus. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Americuss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Americus was born before 2006 — so the typical Americus is around 19 today.

Median birth year
2006
About 19 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
65.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
480
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2000s — 65.4% of all recorded uses (314).

Is Americus 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 2002 (55)
Years since peak
23
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
27.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,742
2002

Spellings of Americus

Americus is not the most common spelling — America is, with 96.6% against Americus's 3.4%.

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 Americus is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Americus was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 878,624 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in —
  2. 2Indiana1 in —
  3. 3Kentucky1 in —
  4. 4Michigan1 in —
  5. 5Ohio1 in —
  6. 6Tennessee1 in —
  7. 7Texas1 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. Americus has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Americus is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Americus was most concentrated in Pennsylvania — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,834,433 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Pennsylvania1 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. Americus has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Americus by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#2,742
2002
Peak year
2002
55 that year
First recorded
2001
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
480
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,893
1912
Peak year
1917
15 that year
First recorded
1912
Last recorded
1937
All-time count
142
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Americus

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

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Sibling names for Americus

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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