Amado

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Amado is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 158 births. Its best rank was 897th, in 1883.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 1580.01% of boys
Peak year: 2023173 births
Best rank: #897in 1883
Since 1883: 4,593people given the name

Babies named Amado, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

4,593 boys have been named Amado in the United States since 1883, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 173 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1984, and the 2020s alone account for 15%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Amado
1880s	5
1910s	118
1920s	313
1930s	290
1940s	287
1950s	360
1960s	324
1970s	390
1980s	398
1990s	481
2000s	468
2010s	466
2020s	693

In 2023, its biggest year

Amado was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.

Names that rose and fell with Amado

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.