How rare is the name Amador?

4,496 people in the United States have the first name Amador, about 1 in 67,178. It ranks #4,230 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

AMADOR

#4,230

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,496
About
1 in 67,178
This common or more
83.7%
Who bears it

Of the 4,496 people named Amador, 92.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 5.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.9% as White. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Amador peaked in 1992, when 52 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19082025
Peak year
1992
Births that year
52
In 2025*
24 ▼54%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 3,372 babies have been given the name since 1908. 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.

Amador by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #2,656. The largest share of babies named Amador, 17.7%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1900s#4,5168
1910s#4,94571
1920s#2,880267
1930s#2,656260
1940s#2,766290
1950s#3,180300
1960s#3,552292
1970s#3,491383
1980s#4,349348
1990s#4,759425
2000s#6,993340
2010s#8,868258
2020s#9,763130
Greatest Generation 1901–278.2%
Silent Generation 1928–4514.8%
Baby boom 1946–6416.8%
Generation X 1965–8017.1%
Millennials 1981–9617.7%
Generation Z 1997–1216.7%
2013 and later8.7%

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.

Exactly as common as Amador

1 other first name also has 4,496 people.

#4,230 Codi · 4,496

Either side of Amador

#4,228 Chyna · 4,498#4,228 Deion · 4,498#4,230 Codi · 4,496#4,232 Geralyn · 4,494

Also a last name

As a last name, Amador ranks #1,543 of 156,621, with 22,652 people. See Amador as a last name

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