How rare is the name Amado?

6,919 people in the United States have the first name Amado, about 1 in 43,652. It ranks #3,149 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

AMADO

#3,149

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,919
About
1 in 43,652
This common or more
81.8%
Who bears it

Of the 6,919 people named Amado, 86.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 10.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.7% as White. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Amado peaked in 2025, when 176 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18832025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
176
In 2025*
176
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,769 babies have been given the name since 1883. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Amado by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #2,508. The largest share of babies named Amado, 25.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#3,1215
1910s#3,734118
1920s#2,595313
1930s#2,508290
1940s#2,778287
1950s#2,880360
1960s#3,342324
1970s#3,448390
1980s#3,974398
1990s#4,371481
2000s#5,601468
2010s#5,929466
2020s#2,758869
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–277.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4511.2%
Baby boom 1946–6413.7%
Generation X 1965–8012.3%
Millennials 1981–9614.2%
Generation Z 1997–1215.4%
2013 and later25.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Amado is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Amado has been most common in Texas (7.4×), California (3.3×), and Arizona (1.4×), and least common in New York (0.28×).

3,068 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Amado

#3,146 Yousef · 6,930#3,148 Misti · 6,928#3,150 Rivka · 6,916#3,151 Stefani · 6,915

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Amado, most common first.

#3,899 Amada · 5,009#6,889 Amadou · 2,275#7,162 Amadeo · 2,151#18,431 Amad · 585#22,868 Amadu · 432#24,393 Amadi · 395#44,535 Amato · 155

Also a last name

As a last name, Amado ranks #8,978 of 156,621, with 3,498 people. See Amado as a last name

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