Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Amilcar isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Amilcar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 967
- 967 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 22
- #4,547 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +9%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 22 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,547 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 9.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 32 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,723 as a first name in 2020; 334 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Amilcar’s family of names
In Latin usage, Amilcar has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Amílcar. In Latin usage, Amilcar has a related form in HAMILCAR. In Latin usage, Amilcar has a conventional equivalent in the English form HAMILCAR.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Amilcar has relatives in 4 languages.
3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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