America — #1818 US girls' name

What the Data Says About America

The Social Security Administration has registered 13,404 babies named America between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, America currently holds the #1818 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 719 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that America performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 5,981 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, America shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,796 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list America in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for America 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 13,404 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.