Amadi
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- ah-MAH-dee
- Origin
- Igbo
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Amadi is a name of Igbo origin, meaning “free man, freeborn”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Amadi mean?
Igbo
“free man, freeborn”
Is Amadi a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Amadi has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 10 boys in the US.
How popular is Amadi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 109% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Amadi, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977. 6 girls were also named Amadi in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Amadi than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Amadi in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amadi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
Names like Amadi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Abdullah Muhammad Azaiah Zahir Musa Hamza Asaiah Ibrahim Zamir Amir Zayd Ahmir
Names related to Amadi
More Igbo names
Amara Munachimso Chimamanda Jidenna Kamsiyochukwu Chizaram Amarachi Tobechukwu Obi Mazi Adanna Adaeze Chidera Chidubem Ifechukwu Chisom
Sources
Figures from 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, “Amadi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amadi, updated 20 October 2026.