America Girl
How popular is America?
#1,733 girl name in 2025
117 baby girls were named America in the US in 2025, making it the 1733rd most popular girl name.
America popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,733 for girls (▲ 90 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 117 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-59% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #962 in 2015, #1,632 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2005 (719 girls) |
| Highest rank | #411 in 2002 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
America counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the America family of names ranked #1,363 for girls in 2025 (#1,472 the year before), with 124 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| America | 117 | 94% |
| Amerika | 7 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where America is most popular
Babies named America per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Arizona: 0.2 per 1,000 (32 girls)
- Nevada: 0.2 per 1,000 (8 girls)
- Texas: 0.2 per 1,000 (132 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (121 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (25 girls)
America by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 150 | #421 |
| 1890s | 154 | #572 |
| 1900s | 150 | #836 |
| 1910s | 268 | #1,007 |
| 1920s | 312 | #1,124 |
| 1930s | 166 | #1,424 |
| 1940s | 143 | #1,845 |
| 1950s | 148 | #2,415 |
| 1960s | 208 | #2,432 |
| 1970s | 491 | #1,355 |
| 1980s | 568 | #1,583 |
| 1990s | 1,353 | #870 |
| 2000s | 5,982 | #411 |
| 2010s | 2,777 | #661 |
| 2020s | 652 | #1,632 |
Girl names about as popular as America
Questions
- Is America a boy or girl name?
- America is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named America were girls.
- How popular is the name America?
- 117 baby girls were named America in the US in 2025, making it the 1733rd most popular girl name.
- When was America most popular?
- America peaked in 2005, when 719 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #411 in 2002.
- How many people are named America?
- 13,538 babies have been named America in the US since 1880. We estimate about 12,140 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is America most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, America was most common in Arizona, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.