Amador comes from the Spanish tradition, meaning "Amador" means "lover" or "amateur"..
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How popular is Amador?
1992peak year
Amador has settled into a steady rhythm — neither rising sharply nor fading, holding a consistent place in U.S. birth records. It currently ranks well outside the top 1,000 (around #4509), with about 22 babies named Amador each year. In 1992, 52 babies received the name (ranked #1659). Total registrations across all years since 1880: roughly 3,348.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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