Boys' name · since 1986
Amechi
11 babies named Amechi in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,158 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
Amechi is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 11 have been recorded since 1986.
Amechi has 11 recorded births among boys since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2000.
- #33,158 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 11 born since 1986
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amechi ranks #33,158 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1986, peaking in the 2000s.
- #33,158 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
Amechi's 11 recorded births place it above 24.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Amechi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Amechi's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1986, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2000 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Amechi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2000
- Peak year (2000)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Amechi by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
2000s was Amechi's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Amechi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Amechi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~14 yrs)
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, 1986–2000 (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 Amechi 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.