America
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-MAIR-i-ka
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #1,733 for girls
America is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,733rd for girls in the US (117 babies).
What does America mean?
Germanic: from the continent's name, after Amerigo Vespucci, via Italian
The Americas were named after the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci, whose first name was Latinised as Americus.
Is America a girl's or a boy's name?
America is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 117 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is America in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,733rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 117 about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 117 girls in the US were named America, making it the 1,733rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,632nd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 719 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named America than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named America in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 124 girls in the US were given America or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,458, up from #1,733 for this spelling alone.
- America 117
- Amerika 7
America in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 117 | #1,733 |
| 2024 | 110 | #1,823 |
| 2023 | 97 | #2,020 |
| 2022 | 89 | #2,142 |
| 2021 | 112 | #1,801 |
| 2020 | 127 | #1,632 |
| 2019 | 158 | #1,415 |
| 2018 | 151 | #1,451 |
| 2017 | 193 | #1,236 |
| 2016 | 261 | #1,012 |
| 2015 | 282 | #962 |
| 2014 | 325 | #849 |
| 2013 | 347 | #784 |
| 2012 | 288 | #907 |
| 2011 | 329 | #814 |
| 2010 | 443 | #661 |
| 2009 | 544 | #560 |
| 2008 | 615 | #506 |
| 2007 | 700 | #460 |
| 2006 | 687 | #461 |
| 2005 | 719 | #427 |
| 2004 | 612 | #481 |
| 2003 | 563 | #510 |
| 2002 | 705 | #411 |
| 2001 | 513 | #521 |
| 2000 | 324 | #714 |
| 1999 | 247 | #870 |
| 1998 | 230 | #913 |
| 1997 | 134 | #1,296 |
| 1996 | 133 | #1,294 |
| 1995 | 115 | #1,416 |
| 1994 | 119 | #1,377 |
| 1993 | 116 | #1,395 |
| 1992 | 98 | #1,572 |
| 1991 | 88 | #1,671 |
| 1990 | 73 | #1,901 |
| 1989 | 88 | #1,583 |
| 1988 | 75 | #1,702 |
| 1987 | 50 | #2,154 |
| 1986 | 55 | #1,979 |
| 1985 | 48 | #2,171 |
| 1984 | 44 | #2,226 |
| 1983 | 56 | #1,857 |
| 1982 | 38 | #2,492 |
| 1981 | 56 | #1,912 |
| 1980 | 58 | #1,863 |
| 1979 | 64 | #1,712 |
| 1978 | 39 | #2,305 |
| 1977 | 58 | #1,761 |
| 1976 | 79 | #1,355 |
| 1975 | 52 | #1,780 |
| 1974 | 50 | #1,772 |
| 1973 | 34 | #2,267 |
| 1972 | 42 | #1,946 |
| 1971 | 36 | #2,212 |
| 1970 | 37 | #2,160 |
| 1969 | 24 | #2,704 |
| 1968 | 25 | #2,482 |
| 1967 | 25 | #2,432 |
| 1966 | 24 | #2,452 |
| 1965 | 19 | #2,832 |
| 1964 | 21 | #2,751 |
| 1963 | 16 | #3,175 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,921 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,607 |
| 1960 | 23 | #2,511 |
| 1959 | 20 | #2,595 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 22 | #2,415 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,970 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,430 |
| 1952 | 17 | #2,580 |
| 1951 | 17 | #2,473 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,908 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,175 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,827 |
| 1947 | 16 | #2,529 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,596 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 13 | #2,510 |
| 1943 | 16 | #2,250 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,536 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,882 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,845 |
| 1939 | 27 | #1,424 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,225 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,032 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,924 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,922 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,835 |
| 1932 | 16 | #2,036 |
| 1931 | 22 | #1,634 |
| 1930 | 24 | #1,606 |
| 1929 | 32 | #1,338 |
| 1928 | 25 | #1,636 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,255 |
| 1926 | 26 | #1,622 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,747 |
| 1924 | 36 | #1,354 |
| 1923 | 37 | #1,283 |
| 1922 | 46 | #1,124 |
| 1921 | 36 | #1,298 |
| 1920 | 34 | #1,349 |
| 1919 | 39 | #1,194 |
| 1918 | 50 | #1,018 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,652 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,867 |
| 1915 | 30 | #1,285 |
| 1914 | 29 | #1,119 |
| 1913 | 26 | #1,067 |
| 1912 | 23 | #1,080 |
| 1911 | 19 | #1,007 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,335 |
| 1909 | 19 | #935 |
| 1908 | 15 | #1,044 |
| 1907 | 16 | #945 |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,043 |
| 1905 | 18 | #872 |
| 1904 | 10 | #1,170 |
| 1903 | 17 | #836 |
| 1902 | 16 | #872 |
| 1901 | 11 | #1,007 |
| 1900 | 15 | #970 |
| 1899 | 24 | #629 |
| 1898 | 20 | #750 |
| 1897 | 8 | #1,167 |
| 1896 | 16 | #813 |
| 1895 | 12 | #932 |
| 1894 | 10 | #998 |
| 1893 | 12 | #865 |
| 1892 | 16 | #726 |
| 1891 | 21 | #572 |
| 1890 | 15 | #693 |
| 1889 | 20 | #567 |
| 1888 | 17 | #612 |
| 1887 | 15 | #586 |
| 1886 | 14 | #606 |
| 1885 | 18 | #500 |
| 1884 | 12 | #614 |
| 1883 | 14 | #517 |
| 1882 | 13 | #507 |
| 1881 | 11 | #503 |
| 1880 | 16 | #421 |
Names like America
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amelia, Isabella, Amalia, Carolina, Emma, Adelina, Angelina, Arabella, Alina, Ava, Eliza, Mina
Other spellings of America
More Germanic names
Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice, Myles
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, “America: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/america, updated 20 October 2026.