boy's name
Amado
- Gender Boy
- Syllables 3
- Letters 5
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 4,802
Amado is a boy's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 176 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in 2025, when 176 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 18,837 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1883.
- 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.
Amado over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 |
| 1910s | 118 |
| 1920s | 313 |
| 1930s | 290 |
| 1940s | 287 |
| 1950s | 360 |
| 1960s | 324 |
| 1970s | 390 |
| 1980s | 398 |
| 1990s | 481 |
| 2000s | 468 |
| 2010s | 466 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 869 |
How popular is Amado?
In 2025, Amado was given to 176 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Amado is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Amado
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Amado also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Amado over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Amado in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Amado
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Amado — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Amado
How popular is the name Amado?
In 2025, Amado was given to 176 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Is Amado a girl's or a boy's name?
Amado is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
How many syllables are in Amado?
Amado has 3 syllables.
When was Amado most popular?
Amado peaked in 2025, when 176 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Amado a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Amado currently ranks #1,171 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.