Unisex name · since 1977
Amadi
Since 1977, U.S. Social Security records show 234 babies named Amadi, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #12,040 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,845 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 234
- born since 1977
- 2020s
- peak decade
Amadi currently ranks #7845 among unisex names in America, with 234 babies recorded since 1977.
Amadi has 234 recorded births among boys since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7845 as of the latest data, more common than 44% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.
- #12,040 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,845 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 234 born since 1977
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amadi ranks #12,040 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,845 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 234 born since 1977, peaking in the 2020s.
- #12,040 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,845 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 234
- born since 1977
- 2020s
- peak decade
Amadi's 234 recorded births place it above 73.49% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Amadi compares
234 41st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Amadi's all-time total is 37% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Amadi | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 234 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 34 | 22,252 |
Amadi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Amadi splits its recorded history at 2008: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1977 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Amadi popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Amadi popularity over time - girls
220 total births recorded since 1992 (Amadi as girls' name)
Amadi by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (89 births, 38% of the file).
2020s was Amadi's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Amadi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
36 births
- 2000s
2000s
50 births
- 2010s
2010s
49 births
- 2020s
2020s
89 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 89 births (38% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1977–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Amadi draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.