America
From the name of the continents, which honors the Florentine navigator Amerigo Vespucci. Amerigo is the Italian form of the Germanic name Emmerich.
America in 2025
America was given to 117 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 3,181st most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 28,336 babies born.
The history of America
America reached its highest point in 2005, when 719 babies were given the name, ranking 822nd that year. Its best-ever ranking was 782nd, in 2002.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 13,538 babies have been named America. Half of them were born before 2004, which places the name's centre of gravity with Generation Z.
America by decade
| Decade | Babies named America | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 150 | 859 |
| 1890s | 154 | 934 |
| 1900s | 150 | 1,334 |
| 1910s | 279 | 1,696 |
| 1920s | 312 | 2,084 |
| 1930s | 171 | 2,548 |
| 1940s | 143 | 3,201 |
| 1950s | 148 | 3,869 |
| 1960s | 208 | 3,749 |
| 1970s | 491 | 2,208 |
| 1980s | 568 | 2,629 |
| 1990s | 1,353 | 1,538 |
| 2000s | 5,982 | 782 |
| 2010s | 2,777 | 1,230 |
| 2020s | 652 | 2,961 |
Where America is heading
America has fallen 59% over the past decade, from 282 babies in 2015 to 117 in 2025.
Names like America
Names that rose and fell at the same time as America.