Amadeus

#1,634 for boys in 2025, 103 births

Peak · boys
2024 · 154 births
Debut · boys
11 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,720
since 1985

Amadeus over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Amadeus has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202021boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#1,634103
2024#1,275154
2023#1,681101
2022#2,09471
2021#1,91579
2020#1,75887
2019#2,04271
2018#2,06569
2017#1,91875
2016#2,16763
2015#2,08667
2014#2,88540
2013#2,33654
2012#2,44851
2011#3,11436
2010#2,91440
2009#3,22335
2008#2,71745
2007#3,51130
2006#2,83240
2005#3,17232
2004#3,53426
2003#3,28028
2002#2,88232
2001#2,74234
2000#3,42324
1999#3,37623
1998#3,01726
1997#3,73818
1996#3,67818
1995#5,12411
1994#3,75117
1993#4,44713
1992#4,32713
1991#4,47612
1990#4,40712
1989#4,81110
1988#3,07917
1987#2,94217
1986#3,13115
1985#3,80511
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First appearance
1985

The first year at least five boys were named Amadeus! It came in at #3,805, and was given to 11 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1989–1993, when fewer than 14 boys a year got the name.

Where Amadeus is popular in 2021

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedILWisconsin: #778 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,865 boysWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,433 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 15,782 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedHITexas: #2,455 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 34,225 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Amadeus, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wisconsin#778 · 1 in 4,865
  2. California#1,433 · 1 in 15,782
  3. Texas#2,455 · 1 in 34,225

Best ever in a state: #502 in Nevada, 2024.

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Wisconsin#77851 in 4,865
California#1,433121 in 15,782
Texas#2,45551 in 34,225
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See more about Amadeus
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 359 spots since 2024 (#1,275 → #1,634)
  • 124 spots since 2020 (#1,758 → #1,634)
  • 452 spots since 2015 (#2,086 → #1,634)
Rise & fade · boys
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1985
  • Peaked 2024 at #1,275 (154 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,188
  • Highest: 1 in 11,188 boys born in 2024 were named Amadeus (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 16,583 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 34.6% of all boys named Amadeus (595) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s70#2,942 (1987)#3,554
1990s163#3,017 (1998)#4,034
2000s326#2,717 (2008)#3,132
2010s566#1,918 (2017)#2,398
2020s595#1,275 (2024)#1,726

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Amadeus in 2021

boys
#1,915
79 births · 1 in 22,145 boys

Top boys' names in 2021

  1. #1Liam20,424
  2. #2Noah18,919
  3. #3Oliver14,713
  4. #4Elijah12,845
  5. #5James12,474
  6. #6William12,170
  7. #7Benjamin11,895
  8. #8Lucas11,584
  9. #9Henry11,370
  10. #10Theodore9,600
  11. #1,915Amadeus79
More about 2021

boys

1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 22,145 of them was named Amadeus, which outranked 86.4% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amadeus
  1. #1,903Stephon80
  2. #1,903Urijah80
  3. #1,903Zyion80
  4. #1,915Amadeus79
  5. #1,915Aj79
  6. #1,915Beauden79
  7. #1,915Branch79
  8. #1,931Aven78
  9. #1,931Ayven78
  10. #1,931Cosmo78

Tied with 15 names at #1,915; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2020
Risers
  1. ↑ 536Amiri#1,295 → #759
  2. ↑ 438Eliam#1,177 → #739
  3. ↑ 343Colter#972 → #629
  4. ↑ 333Ozzy#1,046 → #713
  5. ↑ 299Loyal#1,053 → #754
Fallers
  1. ↓ 352Jaxtyn#585 → #937
  2. ↓ 259Karsyn#698 → #957
  3. ↓ 231Xzavier#976 → #1,207
  4. ↓ 208Tristen#846 → #1,054
  5. ↓ 208Willie#992 → #1,200

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2021 →