Amadeo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-mah-DAY-oh
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,867 for boys
Amadeo is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “love God”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 1,867th for boys in the US (84 babies).
What does Amadeo mean?
Latin: Italian and Spanish form of Amadeus
“love God”
Amadeo of Savoy reigned as king of Spain from 1870 to 1873.
Is Amadeo a girl's or a boy's name?
Amadeo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 84 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amadeo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 88% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Amadeo, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 7 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Amadeo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
How popular is Amadeo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,867th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 84 about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 76% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 84 boys in the US were named Amadeo, making it the 1,867th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,263rd. It first appears in the records in 1909.
2025 had the most boys named Amadeo of any year since it first appeared, in 1909.
Half of all the boys named Amadeo in the US since 1880 were born between 1953 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amadeo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 84 | #1,867 |
| 2024 | 65 | #2,210 |
| 2023 | 60 | #2,314 |
| 2022 | 79 | #1,950 |
| 2021 | 64 | #2,192 |
| 2020 | 60 | #2,263 |
| 2019 | 35 | #3,256 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 48 | #2,596 |
| 2016 | 34 | #3,292 |
| 2015 | 24 | #4,177 |
| 2014 | 31 | #3,454 |
| 2013 | 35 | #3,120 |
| 2012 | 33 | #3,294 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 29 | #3,643 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 31 | #3,382 |
| 2005 | 31 | #3,237 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 38 | #2,616 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 26 | #3,316 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 26 | #2,833 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 24 | #2,828 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 20 | #2,983 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 14 | #2,204 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,533 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,359 |
| 1955 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 11 | #2,390 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,452 |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,562 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,267 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,179 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,050 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,326 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,062 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,266 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,079 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,048 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,434 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,675 |
| 1923 | 17 | #1,940 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1921 | 18 | #1,903 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,335 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,709 |
| 1917 | 24 | #1,437 |
| 1916 | 22 | #1,504 |
| 1915 | 18 | #1,659 |
| 1914 | 18 | #1,441 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,496 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,416 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,192 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
Names like Amadeo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Romeo, Arlo, Leo, Theo, Lorenzo, Matteo, Santiago, Leonardo, Roman, Austin, Milo, Luca
Names related to Amadeo
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Oliver, Olivia, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Amadeo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amadeo, updated 20 October 2026.