Amado
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-MAH-doh
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #1,169 for boys
Amado is a boys' name of Spanish origin, meaning “beloved”. In 2025 it ranked 1,169th for boys in the US (176 babies).
What does Amado mean?
Spanish: from Latin amatus
“beloved”
Amado Nervo was a celebrated Mexican poet and diplomat of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Is Amado a girl's or a boy's name?
Amado is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 176 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amado in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,169among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 176about 1 in 9,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 114% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 176 boys in the US were named Amado, making it the 1,169th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,716th. It first appears in the records in 1883.
2025 had the most boys named Amado of any year since it first appeared, in 1883.
Half of all the boys named Amado in the US since 1880 were born between 1954 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amado in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 176 | #1,169 |
| 2024 | 158 | #1,250 |
| 2023 | 173 | #1,184 |
| 2022 | 165 | #1,204 |
| 2021 | 107 | #1,597 |
| 2020 | 90 | #1,716 |
| 2019 | 88 | #1,762 |
| 2018 | 59 | #2,281 |
| 2017 | 40 | #2,950 |
| 2016 | 47 | #2,625 |
| 2015 | 42 | #2,808 |
| 2014 | 44 | #2,703 |
| 2013 | 42 | #2,761 |
| 2012 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2011 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 37 | #3,104 |
| 2008 | 37 | #3,101 |
| 2007 | 54 | #2,372 |
| 2006 | 57 | #2,220 |
| 2005 | 59 | #2,077 |
| 2004 | 42 | #2,565 |
| 2003 | 43 | #2,424 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,255 |
| 2001 | 48 | #2,147 |
| 2000 | 64 | #1,738 |
| 1999 | 53 | #1,855 |
| 1998 | 59 | #1,716 |
| 1997 | 50 | #1,856 |
| 1996 | 56 | #1,687 |
| 1995 | 37 | #2,173 |
| 1994 | 41 | #2,007 |
| 1993 | 58 | #1,549 |
| 1992 | 40 | #1,976 |
| 1991 | 35 | #2,089 |
| 1990 | 52 | #1,582 |
| 1989 | 38 | #1,914 |
| 1988 | 40 | #1,726 |
| 1987 | 37 | #1,758 |
| 1986 | 31 | #1,915 |
| 1985 | 41 | #1,568 |
| 1984 | 42 | #1,480 |
| 1983 | 30 | #1,821 |
| 1982 | 49 | #1,341 |
| 1981 | 49 | #1,334 |
| 1980 | 41 | #1,496 |
| 1979 | 35 | #1,633 |
| 1978 | 42 | #1,438 |
| 1977 | 47 | #1,312 |
| 1976 | 34 | #1,571 |
| 1975 | 45 | #1,280 |
| 1974 | 44 | #1,269 |
| 1973 | 37 | #1,376 |
| 1972 | 30 | #1,566 |
| 1971 | 39 | #1,352 |
| 1970 | 37 | #1,373 |
| 1969 | 29 | #1,492 |
| 1968 | 30 | #1,427 |
| 1967 | 39 | #1,197 |
| 1966 | 23 | #1,612 |
| 1965 | 36 | #1,271 |
| 1964 | 28 | #1,486 |
| 1963 | 28 | #1,484 |
| 1962 | 37 | #1,278 |
| 1961 | 41 | #1,232 |
| 1960 | 33 | #1,381 |
| 1959 | 36 | #1,301 |
| 1958 | 29 | #1,445 |
| 1957 | 37 | #1,277 |
| 1956 | 40 | #1,202 |
| 1955 | 38 | #1,218 |
| 1954 | 40 | #1,185 |
| 1953 | 35 | #1,260 |
| 1952 | 30 | #1,377 |
| 1951 | 42 | #1,109 |
| 1950 | 33 | #1,255 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,500 |
| 1948 | 42 | #1,090 |
| 1947 | 30 | #1,335 |
| 1946 | 31 | #1,256 |
| 1945 | 25 | #1,326 |
| 1944 | 31 | #1,193 |
| 1943 | 30 | #1,258 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,496 |
| 1941 | 29 | #1,230 |
| 1940 | 23 | #1,397 |
| 1939 | 14 | #1,879 |
| 1938 | 23 | #1,397 |
| 1937 | 35 | #1,094 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,723 |
| 1935 | 31 | #1,194 |
| 1934 | 30 | #1,213 |
| 1933 | 29 | #1,230 |
| 1932 | 44 | #992 |
| 1931 | 34 | #1,170 |
| 1930 | 34 | #1,215 |
| 1929 | 41 | #1,078 |
| 1928 | 41 | #1,095 |
| 1927 | 34 | #1,248 |
| 1926 | 27 | #1,404 |
| 1925 | 42 | #1,073 |
| 1924 | 34 | #1,246 |
| 1923 | 20 | #1,752 |
| 1922 | 30 | #1,333 |
| 1921 | 23 | #1,588 |
| 1920 | 21 | #1,694 |
| 1919 | 24 | #1,480 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1917 | 15 | #1,985 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,042 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 12 | #1,867 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,256 |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,884 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,192 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #891 |
Names like Amado
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Armando Santiago Arturo Angelo Alvaro Marcelo Diego Luciano Carmelo Eduardo Alfredo Alberto
Names related to Amado
More Spanish names
Lola Xavier Amaya Alaia Rio Cruz Elian Jesus Ximena Javier Esmeralda Amayah Reina Cesar Sierra Paloma
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, “Amado: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amado, updated 20 October 2026.