Americo — #9909 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Americo

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,903 babies named Americo between 1904 and 2024, spanning 121 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Americo currently holds the #9909 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 106 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Americo performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 822 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Americo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 404 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Americo in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Americo 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 2,903 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.