Amador
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-mah-DOR
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #4,248 for boys
Amador is a boys' name of Spanish origin, meaning “lover”. In 2025 it ranked 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Amador mean?
Spanish: from Latin amator
“lover”
Spanish and Portuguese name from Latin amator 'lover', borne by Saint Amator, an early bishop of Auxerre.
Is Amador a girl's or a boy's name?
Amador is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amador in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,248th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Amador, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 1992, with 52 boys. It first appears in the records in 1908.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Amador in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amador in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 25 | #3,962 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2010 | 37 | #3,071 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 45 | #2,684 |
| 2006 | 32 | #3,304 |
| 2005 | 29 | #3,385 |
| 2004 | 30 | #3,213 |
| 2003 | 37 | #2,670 |
| 2002 | 29 | #3,091 |
| 2001 | 46 | #2,213 |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,083 |
| 1999 | 47 | #2,020 |
| 1998 | 33 | #2,549 |
| 1997 | 50 | #1,856 |
| 1996 | 47 | #1,904 |
| 1995 | 38 | #2,135 |
| 1994 | 39 | #2,077 |
| 1993 | 42 | #1,928 |
| 1992 | 52 | #1,654 |
| 1991 | 40 | #1,913 |
| 1990 | 37 | #2,007 |
| 1989 | 35 | #2,022 |
| 1988 | 34 | #1,904 |
| 1987 | 33 | #1,892 |
| 1986 | 35 | #1,758 |
| 1985 | 42 | #1,543 |
| 1984 | 24 | #2,158 |
| 1983 | 27 | #1,954 |
| 1982 | 34 | #1,699 |
| 1981 | 37 | #1,601 |
| 1980 | 47 | #1,378 |
| 1979 | 49 | #1,319 |
| 1978 | 32 | #1,688 |
| 1977 | 38 | #1,490 |
| 1976 | 42 | #1,373 |
| 1975 | 40 | #1,378 |
| 1974 | 37 | #1,409 |
| 1973 | 41 | #1,294 |
| 1972 | 42 | #1,285 |
| 1971 | 36 | #1,415 |
| 1970 | 26 | #1,698 |
| 1969 | 30 | #1,463 |
| 1968 | 37 | #1,250 |
| 1967 | 27 | #1,475 |
| 1966 | 26 | #1,509 |
| 1965 | 26 | #1,512 |
| 1964 | 22 | #1,699 |
| 1963 | 34 | #1,337 |
| 1962 | 30 | #1,422 |
| 1961 | 31 | #1,438 |
| 1960 | 29 | #1,485 |
| 1959 | 24 | #1,619 |
| 1958 | 22 | #1,676 |
| 1957 | 39 | #1,249 |
| 1956 | 29 | #1,442 |
| 1955 | 25 | #1,537 |
| 1954 | 32 | #1,332 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,356 |
| 1952 | 47 | #1,054 |
| 1951 | 26 | #1,461 |
| 1950 | 25 | #1,463 |
| 1949 | 30 | #1,321 |
| 1948 | 36 | #1,193 |
| 1947 | 33 | #1,270 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 1945 | 30 | #1,203 |
| 1944 | 22 | #1,437 |
| 1943 | 41 | #1,053 |
| 1942 | 33 | #1,214 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,485 |
| 1940 | 21 | #1,471 |
| 1939 | 22 | #1,425 |
| 1938 | 28 | #1,247 |
| 1937 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1936 | 22 | #1,417 |
| 1935 | 32 | #1,165 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,551 |
| 1933 | 30 | #1,202 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,584 |
| 1931 | 29 | #1,282 |
| 1930 | 33 | #1,235 |
| 1929 | 33 | #1,214 |
| 1928 | 37 | #1,165 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,468 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,466 |
| 1925 | 34 | #1,225 |
| 1924 | 24 | #1,577 |
| 1923 | 34 | #1,235 |
| 1922 | 18 | #1,883 |
| 1921 | 19 | #1,828 |
| 1920 | 17 | #1,965 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,422 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,021 |
Names like Amador
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anthony, Armando, Salvador, Arturo, Hector, Victor, Xavier, Jesus, Ernesto, Javier, Christopher, Angelo
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Ximena, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar, Sierra, Paloma, Amaia
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, “Amador: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amador, updated 20 October 2026.