Boys' name · since 1902
Amedee
Amedee has 70 recorded births since 1902 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1916 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,783 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 70
- born since 1902
- 1920s
- peak decade
Amedee is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 70 have been recorded since 1902.
Amedee has 70 recorded births among boys since 1902, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1902 to 1990.
- #19,783 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 70 born since 1902
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amedee ranks #19,783 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 70 born since 1902, peaking in the 1920s.
- #19,783 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 70
- born since 1902
- 1920s
- peak decade
Amedee's 70 recorded births place it above 56.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Amedee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Amedee's full recorded timeline at 1923, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1902, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1916 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Amedee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1902–1990
- Peak year (1916)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 89 years of records
Amedee by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (31 births, 44% of the file).
1920s was Amedee's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Amedee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
24 births
- 1920s
1920s
31 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 31 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Amedee's decade-level peak was the 1920s (31 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Amedee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~88 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, 1902–1990 (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 Amedee 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.