Amato — boys' name

What the Data Says About Amato

The Social Security Administration has registered 87 babies named Amato between 1914 and 2021, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Amato currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Amato performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Amato shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Amato in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Amato 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 87 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.