Amerigo — boys' name

What the Data Says About Amerigo

The Social Security Administration has registered 359 babies named Amerigo between 1910 and 1972, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Amerigo currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1972. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Amerigo performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 171 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Amerigo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 78 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Amerigo in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Amerigo 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 359 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.