Americus — #16238 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Americus

The Social Security Administration has registered 480 babies named Americus between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Americus currently holds the #16238 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 55 babies received it in a single year. Americus is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 142 additional births since 1912.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Americus performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 314 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Americus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Indiana, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Americus in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Americus 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 480 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.