Name Legacy

Americus

Recorded 1912–2024 · United States

Americus was most popular in 2002, when 55 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,652 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 622 people named Americus.

Most popular in2002
Rank that year#4,652
Births that year55
Total since 1880622
Given to77% girls

Americus over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Americus’s peak in 2002. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Americus a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Americus is a unisex name — 77.2% of the 622 Americans given it were girls and 22.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Americus

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org