How rare is the name Amilcar?

3,723 people in the United States have the first name Amilcar, about 1 in 81,126. It ranks #4,840 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

AMILCAR

#4,840

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,723
About
1 in 81,126
This common or more
84.6%
Who bears it

Of the 3,723 people named Amilcar, 92.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 3.9% as White and 3.2% as Black. 98.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Amilcar peaked in 2006, when 32 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19572025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
32
In 2025*
22 ▼31%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 967 babies have been given the name since 1957. 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.

Amilcar by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #7,706. The largest share of babies named Amilcar, 35%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#12,55611
1970s#10,04971
1980s#8,556128
1990s#7,706215
2000s#8,934238
2010s#11,391181
2020s#10,130123
Baby boom 1946–641.1%
Generation X 1965–808.2%
Millennials 1981–9629.8%
Generation Z 1997–1235%
2013 and later26%

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 Amilcar

1 other first name also has 3,723 people.

#4,840 Shanell · 3,723

Either side of Amilcar

#4,837 Blayne · 3,724#4,837 Cornelio · 3,724#4,840 Shanell · 3,723#4,842 Carrington · 3,721

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Amilcar, most common first.

#38,781 Amilkar · 197

Also a last name

As a last name, Amilcar ranks #64,360 of 156,621, with 334 people. See Amilcar as a last name

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