# Americo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/americo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,911 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,911 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Borrowed from From Spanish Américo.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 11 | 7,249 |
| 2010 | 15 | 5,751 |
| 2011 | 10 | 7,528 |
| 2012 | 6 | 10,857 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8,147 |
| 2015 | 8 | 8,785 |
| 2016 | 9 | 8,186 |
| 2017 | 6 | 10,856 |
| 2018 | 8 | 8,863 |
| 2020 | 7 | 9,624 |
| 2021 | 13 | 6,351 |
| 2022 | 7 | 9,887 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8,966 |
| 2024 | 7 | 9,960 |
| 2025 | 8 | 8,955 |

## People named Americo

- Américo Gallego, Argentine footballer
- Américo Tomás, (1894-1987) President of Portugal
- Américo Tesoriere, Argentine footballer (1899-1977)
- Américo Ferreira dos Santos Silva, cardinal (1829-1899)
- Miguel Varoni, Colombian-Argentine actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.