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America

“Variant of Amerigo — Italian form of Emmerich (source of 'America')” — Germanic, via Italian Amerigo and New Latin America origin

Girl's name · #1733 in the US (2025) · 2000s

America has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #411 (2002) · 13,522 babies named America all-time · 1 in 14,000 girls born in 2025.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Americas

• America Ferrera — American actress (born 1984)
• America Olivo — American actress and singer
• America Young — American actress
• America Vera Zavala — Swedish writer
• America Meredith — Swedish-Cherokee painter (born 1972)

In stories & tradition

• America Chavez — Earth-616

What Americas become

Among 16 notable people named America:

Entertainers appear 3.22× more often than among typical names — e.g. America Ferrera, American actress (born 1984).

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