Amerigo

Last seen for boys in 1972 at #4,986

Peak · boys
1911 · 13 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
359
since 1910

Amerigo over time

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Rank among boys' names. Amerigo has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201914peak #925, 1911boys
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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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1972#4,9865
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1940#3,4595
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1932#3,7765
1931#2,47110
1930#3,2897
1929#2,19913
1928#3,0768
1927#2,40812
1926#1,78719
1925#2,58811
1924#1,83919
1923#2,22414
1922#1,88318
1921#1,98017
1920#1,88518
1919#1,97316
1918#1,59622
1917#1,26429
1916#1,37425
1915#1,45422
1914#1,49217
1913#1,49713
1912#1,7469
1911#92513
1910#1,5895
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First appearance
1910

The first year at least five boys were named Amerigo! It came in at #1,589, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1932–1937, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Amerigo
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1972
  • Biggest jump: 664 spots in 1911 (#1,589#925)
  • Biggest drop: 821 spots in 1912 (#925#1,746)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1910
  • Peaked 1911 at #925 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1932, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1911
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,382
  • Highest: 1 in 17,382 boys born in 1911 were named Amerigo (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 324,322 boys born in 1972 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 47.6% of all boys named Amerigo (171) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s171#925 (1911)#1,491
1920s149#1,787 (1926)#2,187
1930s29#2,471 (1931)#3,101
1940s5#3,459 (1940)#3,459
1950s0
1960s0
1970s5#4,986 (1972)#4,986

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.

Amerigo in 1914

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#1,492
17 births · 1 in 38,515 boys

Top boys' names in 1914

  1. #1John37,947
  2. #2William29,753
  3. #3James26,262
  4. #4Robert21,188
  5. #5Joseph18,829
  6. #6George17,602
  7. #7Charles16,937
  8. #8Edward12,319
  9. #9Frank12,002
  10. #10Walter8,962
  11. #1,492Amerigo17
More about 1914

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654,762 boys got a published name in 1914; 1 in 38,515 of them was named Amerigo, which outranked 60.3% of the 3,759 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amerigo
  1. #1,441Willian18
  2. #1,441Young18
  3. #1,441Yutaka18
  4. #1,492Amerigo17
  5. #1,492Aime17
  6. #1,492Almond17
  7. #1,492Ancil17
  8. #1,545Adell16
  9. #1,545Albertus16
  10. #1,545Alger16

Tied with 52 names at #1,492; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1913
Risers
  1. 817Gilmore#1,803#986
  2. 647Santos#1,580#933
  3. 546Lorenza#1,365#819
  4. 534Bobby#1,441#907
  5. 534Gino#1,441#907
Fallers
  1. 918Bernardo#950#1,868
  2. 692Eston#995#1,687
  3. 692Rolf#995#1,687
  4. 613Orson#995#1,608
  5. 458West#930#1,388

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

See the top 100 for 1914