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“Variant of Amerigo — Italian form of Emmerich (source of 'America')” — Germanic, via Italian Amerigo and New Latin America origin
Girl's name · #1734 in the US (2025) · 2000s
America's best rank, #411, came in 2002; it has settled back to #1734 today. Roughly 14,000 girls have been named America since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 39 notable people named America:
Entertainers appear 2.32× more often than among typical names — e.g. America Ferrera, American actress (born 1984).
Similar names: Sidney · Amerie · Danica · Ally · Annika · Ericka
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