América is a girl's name of Portuguese origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 110 girls in the United States.
América belongs to the Portuguese tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, América first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #411 in 2002, and in 2024 110 babies received the name — 13,404 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of América is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Portuguese origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
América is a girl name. In 2024, 110 babies received the name in the US.
América comes from the Portuguese tradition.
América first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #411 in 2002, and 110 babies were given the name in 2024.
América is pronounced /aˈmerika/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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