Meaning not yet researched.
Amado: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 176 in 2025. Its best rank was #897 in 1883.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #897 in 1883; #1,169 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Amado in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,169 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1883, at #897.
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Amado: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 176 boys in 2025. Peak: #897 in 1883 · most boys in one year: 176 (2025).
In 2025, 176 US boys were named Amado, making it the 1,169th most common boys’ name of the year, up 81 places from #1,250 in 2024. That is 18 more than the 158 boys named Amado in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #897, reached in 1883. The most boys given the name in a single year was 176, in 2025. For comparison, it was #2,810 in 2015 and #1,256 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Amado in 116 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1883 with 5 babies. In all, 4,769 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 869 babies named Amado.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,103 US boys were named Amado; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 176. In 2025 that was about 1 in 9,705 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Amado ranked highest in Nevada in 2025, at #517 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Amadeo (1,960 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Amador, Amadou and Ahmadou are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Amador (3,372), Amadou (1,217), Ahmadou (175), Amadu (115).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Amado in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 44 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 5 | #517 | — |
| California | 59 | #521 | #1,318 |
| Washington | 9 | #689 | — |
| Texas | 36 | #750 | #1,769 |
| Colorado | 5 | #857 | — |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,027 | — |
| Florida | 5 | #1,844 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 176 | #1,169 |
| 2024 | — | — | 158 | #1,250 |
| 2023 | — | — | 173 | #1,184 |
| 2022 | — | — | 165 | #1,204 |
| 2021 | — | — | 107 | #1,597 |
| 2020 | — | — | 90 | #1,716 |
| 2019 | — | — | 88 | #1,762 |
| 2018 | — | — | 59 | #2,282 |
| 2017 | — | — | 40 | #2,958 |
| 2016 | — | — | 47 | #2,626 |
| 2015 | — | — | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2014 | — | — | 44 | #2,708 |
| 2013 | — | — | 42 | #2,764 |
| 2012 | — | — | 42 | #2,812 |
| 2011 | — | — | 32 | #3,365 |
| 2010 | — | — | 30 | #3,533 |
| 2009 | — | — | 37 | #3,108 |
| 2008 | — | — | 37 | #3,107 |
| 2007 | — | — | 54 | #2,374 |
| 2006 | — | — | 57 | #2,223 |
| 2005 | — | — | 59 | #2,084 |
| 2004 | — | — | 42 | #2,570 |
| 2003 | — | — | 43 | #2,429 |
| 2002 | — | — | 27 | #3,263 |
| 2001 | — | — | 48 | #2,152 |
| 2000 | — | — | 64 | #1,742 |
| 1999 | — | — | 53 | #1,860 |
| 1998 | — | — | 59 | #1,722 |
| 1997 | — | — | 50 | #1,859 |
| 1996 | — | — | 56 | #1,690 |
| 1995 | — | — | 37 | #2,178 |
| 1994 | — | — | 41 | #2,013 |
| 1993 | — | — | 58 | #1,555 |
| 1992 | — | — | 40 | #1,981 |
| 1991 | — | — | 35 | #2,097 |
| 1990 | — | — | 52 | #1,587 |
| 1989 | — | — | 38 | #1,920 |
| 1988 | — | — | 40 | #1,733 |
| 1987 | — | — | 37 | #1,762 |
| 1986 | — | — | 31 | #1,918 |
| 1985 | — | — | 41 | #1,569 |
| 1984 | — | — | 42 | #1,481 |
| 1983 | — | — | 30 | #1,823 |
| 1982 | — | — | 49 | #1,342 |
| 1981 | — | — | 49 | #1,335 |
| 1980 | — | — | 41 | #1,498 |
| 1979 | — | — | 35 | #1,633 |
| 1978 | — | — | 42 | #1,438 |
| 1977 | — | — | 47 | #1,313 |
| 1976 | — | — | 34 | #1,573 |
| 1975 | — | — | 45 | #1,281 |
| 1974 | — | — | 44 | #1,271 |
| 1973 | — | — | 37 | #1,376 |
| 1972 | — | — | 30 | #1,566 |
| 1971 | — | — | 39 | #1,352 |
| 1970 | — | — | 37 | #1,374 |
| 1969 | — | — | 29 | #1,493 |
| 1968 | — | — | 30 | #1,431 |
| 1967 | — | — | 39 | #1,198 |
| 1966 | — | — | 23 | #1,614 |
| 1965 | — | — | 36 | #1,272 |
| 1964 | — | — | 28 | #1,489 |
| 1963 | — | — | 28 | #1,485 |
| 1962 | — | — | 37 | #1,280 |
| 1961 | — | — | 41 | #1,234 |
| 1960 | — | — | 33 | #1,382 |
| 1959 | — | — | 36 | #1,302 |
| 1958 | — | — | 29 | #1,447 |
| 1957 | — | — | 37 | #1,279 |
| 1956 | — | — | 40 | #1,203 |
| 1955 | — | — | 38 | #1,220 |
| 1954 | — | — | 40 | #1,186 |
| 1953 | — | — | 35 | #1,261 |
| 1952 | — | — | 30 | #1,378 |
| 1951 | — | — | 42 | #1,110 |
| 1950 | — | — | 33 | #1,256 |
| 1949 | — | — | 24 | #1,501 |
| 1948 | — | — | 42 | #1,091 |
| 1947 | — | — | 30 | #1,336 |
| 1946 | — | — | 31 | #1,259 |
| 1945 | — | — | 25 | #1,328 |
| 1944 | — | — | 31 | #1,193 |
| 1943 | — | — | 30 | #1,259 |
| 1942 | — | — | 22 | #1,497 |
| 1941 | — | — | 29 | #1,231 |
| 1940 | — | — | 23 | #1,398 |
| 1939 | — | — | 14 | #1,881 |
| 1938 | — | — | 23 | #1,397 |
| 1937 | — | — | 35 | #1,094 |
| 1936 | — | — | 16 | #1,726 |
| 1935 | — | — | 31 | #1,196 |
| 1934 | — | — | 30 | #1,214 |
| 1933 | — | — | 29 | #1,230 |
| 1932 | — | — | 44 | #992 |
| 1931 | — | — | 34 | #1,172 |
| 1930 | — | — | 34 | #1,216 |
| 1929 | — | — | 41 | #1,078 |
| 1928 | — | — | 41 | #1,095 |
| 1927 | — | — | 34 | #1,248 |
| 1926 | — | — | 27 | #1,405 |
| 1925 | — | — | 42 | #1,073 |
| 1924 | — | — | 34 | #1,247 |
| 1923 | — | — | 20 | #1,755 |
| 1922 | — | — | 30 | #1,334 |
| 1921 | — | — | 23 | #1,589 |
| 1920 | — | — | 21 | #1,697 |
| 1919 | — | — | 24 | #1,483 |
| 1918 | — | — | 11 | #2,548 |
| 1917 | — | — | 15 | #1,989 |
| 1916 | — | — | 14 | #2,046 |
| 1915 | — | — | 9 | #2,630 |
| 1914 | — | — | 12 | #1,871 |
| 1913 | — | — | 17 | #1,257 |
| 1912 | — | — | 8 | #1,892 |
| 1910 | — | — | 8 | #1,198 |
| 1883 | — | — | 5 | #897 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).