Amato

Last seen for boys in 2021 at #10,799

Peak · boys
1922 · 11 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
87
since 1914

Amato over time

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Rank among boys' names. Amato has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201922peak #2,630, 1922boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1931#3,7635
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1923#4,2395
1922#2,63011
1921#3,8696
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1919#2,8779
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1917#3,9815
1916#3,8975
1915#3,8255
1914#3,2645
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five boys were named Amato! It came in at #3,264, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1914–1918, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Amato is popular in 1922

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedMINew York: #556 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 15,479 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Amato, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#556 · 1 in 15,479

Best ever in a state: #556 in New York, 1922.

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New York#55661 in 15,479
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Amato
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1922 at #2,630 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1923, 1 yr later
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 98,923
  • Highest: 1 in 98,923 boys born in 1922 were named Amato (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 291,580 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 41.4% of all boys named Amato (36) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s29#2,877 (1919)#3,569
1920s36#2,630 (1922)#3,531
1930s5#3,763 (1931)#3,763
1940s6#3,231 (1943)#3,231
1950s5#3,942 (1956)#3,942
1960s0
1970s0
1980s0
1990s0
2000s0
2010s0
2020s6#10,799 (2021)#10,799

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.

Amato in 1922

boys
#2,630
11 births · 1 in 98,923 boys

Top boys' names in 1922

  1. #1John57,280
  2. #2Robert53,796
  3. #3William51,111
  4. #4James49,802
  5. #5Charles28,839
  6. #6George27,350
  7. #7Joseph25,699
  8. #8Edward20,419
  9. #9Richard17,537
  10. #10Frank16,013
  11. #2,630Amato11
More about 1922

boys

1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 98,923 of them was named Amato, which outranked 47.1% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amato
  1. #2,486Willey12
  2. #2,486Yancey12
  3. #2,486Yancy12
  4. #2,630Amato11
  5. #2,630Acy11
  6. #2,630Agustus11
  7. #2,630Alberta11
  8. #2,801Alanson10
  9. #2,801Alcee10
  10. #2,801Aldine10

Tied with 170 names at #2,630; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. 520Desmond#1,360#840
  2. 504Gorden#1,226#722
  3. 418Jackie#1,140#722
  4. 417Daryl#843#426
  5. 361Brown#1,360#999
Fallers
  1. 600Adolf#991#1,591
  2. 508Nello#962#1,470
  3. 439Newman#843#1,282
  4. 394Marcos#939#1,333
  5. 343Porfirio#939#1,282

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

See the top 100 for 1922