Amado — #1248 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Amado

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,593 babies named Amado between 1883 and 2024, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Amado currently holds the #1248 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 173 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Amado performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 693 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Amado shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,727 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Amado in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Amado in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,593 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.