girls:
475 births since 2001
#5241 (8th percentile)
boys:
142 births since 1912
#4444 (3rd percentile)
overall:
617 births since 1912
#7122 (8th percentile)
The name Americus is the #7,122 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 617 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 8.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,241 (8.3% percentile) for all time with 475 births since 2001. For boys, it ranks #4,444 (3.0% percentile) for all time with 142 births since 1912.
Americus first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for boys and 2001 for girls). Birth data for Americus is available in 38 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023 (21 years for girls and 17 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Americus has been given predominantly to girls, with 77.0% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Americus were girls. Interestingly, until around 2001, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1912 to 2000), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 2001 to 2023).
For girls, Americus reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 5.6% percentile (ranked #844) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 28 births per million (ranked 5.6% percentile). Despite a low point in 2020, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Americus ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 12.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Americus reached its peak popularity in 1917, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #507) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 1912, with 18 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1937.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Americus".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Americus. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.9% confident that Americus is pronounced as uh-MEH-rih-kuhs, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-MEH-ree-kuhs, at 9.1% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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