Amilcar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-MEEL-kar
- US rank, 2025
- #4,538 for boys
Amilcar is a boys' name, meaning “brother of Melqart”. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Amilcar mean?
Phoenician, via the Spanish and Portuguese form of Hamilcar
“brother of Melqart”
Amilcar Cabral led the independence movement of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde; Hamilcar Barca was Hannibal's father.
Is Amilcar a girl's or a boy's name?
Amilcar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amilcar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,538th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22 about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Amilcar, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2006, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 1957.
Half of all the boys named Amilcar in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amilcar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,438 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 32 | #3,304 |
| 2005 | 27 | #3,524 |
| 2004 | 28 | #3,364 |
| 2003 | 28 | #3,275 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 26 | #3,316 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,596 |
| 1996 | 24 | #3,016 |
| 1995 | 23 | #3,015 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,463 |
| 1993 | 28 | #2,571 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,331 |
| 1991 | 29 | #2,400 |
| 1990 | 26 | #2,548 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,778 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
Names like Amilcar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amir, Abdullah, Muhammad, Amar, Sawyer, Ammar, Ibrahim, Ahmad, Xavier, Omar, Abdiel, Mustafa
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, “Amilcar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amilcar, updated 20 October 2026.