America
#1,733 for girls in 2025, 117 births · Last seen for boys in 1932 at #3,776
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2002 · 705 births
- Debut · girls
- 16 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 13,522since 1880
America over time
Rank among girls' names. America has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,733 | 117 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,823 | 110 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,020 | 97 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,142 | 89 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,801 | 112 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,632 | 127 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,415 | 158 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,451 | 151 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,236 | 193 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,012 | 261 | — | |
| 2015 | #962 | 282 | — | |
| 2014 | #849 | 325 | — | |
| 2013 | #784 | 347 | — | |
| 2012 | #907 | 288 | — | |
| 2011 | #814 | 329 | — | |
| 2010 | #661 | 443 | — | |
| 2009 | #560 | 544 | — | |
| 2008 | #506 | 615 | — | |
| 2007 | #460 | 700 | — | |
| 2006 | #461 | 687 | — | |
| 2005 | #427 | 719 | — | |
| 2004 | #481 | 612 | — | |
| 2003 | #510 | 563 | — | |
| 2002 | #411 | 705 | — | |
| 2001 | #521 | 513 | — | |
| 2000 | #714 | 324 | — | |
| 1999 | #871 | 247 | — | |
| 1998 | #914 | 230 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,298 | 134 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,296 | 133 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,419 | 115 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,380 | 119 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,397 | 116 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,575 | 98 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,677 | 88 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,905 | 73 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,587 | 88 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,704 | 75 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,156 | 50 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,980 | 55 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,172 | 48 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,227 | 44 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,858 | 56 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,492 | 38 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,912 | 56 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,863 | 58 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,712 | 64 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,305 | 39 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,761 | 58 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,355 | 79 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,780 | 52 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,772 | 50 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,267 | 34 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,946 | 42 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,212 | 36 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,160 | 37 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,704 | 24 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,482 | 25 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,432 | 25 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,453 | 24 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,833 | 19 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,752 | 21 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,922 | 18 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,512 | 23 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,596 | 20 | — | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,416 | 22 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,971 | 15 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,431 | 19 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,581 | 17 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,474 | 17 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,530 | 16 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,511 | 13 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,251 | 16 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,537 | 13 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,882 | 19 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,845 | 19 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,424 | 27 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,448 | 12 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,835 | 18 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,037 | 16 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #1,635 | 22 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,607 | 24 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,339 | 32 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,637 | 25 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,256 | 16 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,623 | 26 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,748 | 24 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,354 | 36 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,283 | 37 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,124 | 46 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,298 | 36 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,349 | 34 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,194 | 39 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,018 | 50 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,652 | 22 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,867 | 18 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #1,285 | 30 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #1,119 | 29 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,067 | 26 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,080 | 23 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,007 | 19 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,335 | 12 | — | |
| 1909 | #935 | 19 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,044 | 15 | — | |
| 1907 | #945 | 16 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,043 | 13 | — | |
| 1905 | #872 | 18 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,170 | 10 | — | |
| 1903 | #836 | 17 | — | |
| 1902 | #872 | 16 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,007 | 11 | — | |
| 1900 | #970 | 15 | — | |
| 1899 | #629 | 24 | — | |
| 1898 | #750 | 20 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 | — | |
| 1896 | #813 | 16 | — | |
| 1895 | #932 | 12 | — | |
| 1894 | #998 | 10 | — | |
| 1893 | #865 | 12 | — | |
| 1892 | #726 | 16 | — | |
| 1891 | #572 | 21 | — | |
| 1890 | #693 | 15 | — | |
| 1889 | #567 | 20 | — | |
| 1888 | #612 | 17 | — | |
| 1887 | #586 | 15 | — | |
| 1886 | #606 | 14 | — | |
| 1885 | #500 | 18 | — | |
| 1884 | #614 | 12 | — | |
| 1883 | #517 | 14 | — | |
| 1882 | #507 | 13 | — | |
| 1881 | #503 | 11 | — | |
| 1880 | #421 | 16 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, America was already there! It came in at #421, and was given to 16 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1958, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
See more about America
- 90 spots since 2024 (#1,823 → #1,733)
- 101 spots since 2020 (#1,632 → #1,733)
- 771 spots since 2015 (#962 → #1,733)
- Biggest jump: 417 spots in 1898 (#1,167 → #750)
- Biggest drop: 400 spots in 1910 (#935 → #1,335)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2002 at #411 (705 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1998–2015
- Highest: 1 in 2,549 girls born in 2002 were named America (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,737 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 44.2% of all girls named America (5,982) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 150 | #421 (1880) | #543 |
| 1890s | 154 | #572 (1891) | #815 |
| 1900s | 150 | #836 (1903) | #969 |
| 1910s | 268 | #1,007 (1911) | #1,262 |
| 1920s | 312 | #1,124 (1922) | #1,501 |
| 1930s | 166 | #1,424 (1939) | #2,109 |
| 1940s | 143 | #1,845 (1940) | #2,529 |
| 1950s | 148 | #2,416 (1957) | #3,176 |
| 1960s | 208 | #2,432 (1967) | #2,787 |
| 1970s | 491 | #1,355 (1976) | #1,927 |
| 1980s | 568 | #1,587 (1989) | #1,995 |
| 1990s | 1,353 | #871 (1999) | #1,373 |
| 2000s | 5,982 | #411 (2002) | #505 |
| 2010s | 2,777 | #661 (2010) | #1,009 |
| 2020s | 652 | #1,632 (2020) | #1,859 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
America in 1932
Top girls' names in 1932
Top boys' names in 1932
More about 1932
girls
1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 66,697 of them was named America, which outranked 60.0% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,957Wilhelmena17
- #1,957Wyona17
- #1,957Zelpha17
- #2,037America16
- #2,037Aggie16
- #2,037Aimee16
- #2,037Alvie16
- #2,130Afton15
- #2,130Aleene15
- #2,130Alethia15
Tied with 92 names at #2,037; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 208,831 of them was named America, which outranked 11.9% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 508 names at #3,776; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.