Names / Boy names
Amato
Current rank
—
outside the top 1,000
All-time peak
#2,636
in 1922
First recorded
1914
in U.S. data
Children named
87
since 1914
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #2,636 in 1922 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
(Italian): beloved. Stateside, it enters U.S. records in 1914. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. Roughly 87 people have been given the name to date — a true rarity.