Amisadai
One who is granted by the All-Sufficient One.
Name Census estimates that about 137 living Americans carry the first name Amisadai. It is a predominantly female name (96.4% of registrations). The average person named Amisadai today is around 18 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Amisadai births was 2006 (18 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Amisadai. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
137
~ 1 in 2,501,856 Americans
Peak year
2006
18 babies that year
Average age
18
years old
1997 SSA rank
#9,319
Tracked since 1997
Census
Amisadai in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 206 people with the first name Amisadai, which placed it at #37,688 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#37,688
National first-name rank
People counted
206
206 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
98.5% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Amisadai
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Amisadai is Hispanic at 98.5%. The next largest groups are White (1.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Amisadai described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Amisadai at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino98.5% · 203
- White1.5% · 3
Gender
Gender distribution for Amisadai
Amisadai leans heavily female at 96.4% of total registrations, but 5 boys have also been registered with the name over the years, giving it a small but present crossover presence.
Amisadai as a male name
- Ranked #9,319 in 1997
- 5 male births in 1997
- Peak: 1997 (5 births)
Amisadai as a female name
- Ranked #13,555 in 2020
- 6 female births in 2020
- Peak: 2006 (18 births)
2020 Census snapshot
In the 2020 Census sex table, Amisadai leans strongly female. 170 people counted with this name were female (80.6%), compared with 41 male bearers (19.4%).
Popularity
Amisadai: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Amisadai from the 1990s through to the 2020s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 77 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2000s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Amisadai by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Amisadai during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Amisadais live
Origin
Meaning and history of Amisadai
The name Amisadai is of ancient Hebrew origin, tracing its roots back to biblical times. It is a combination of two Hebrew words: "am" meaning "people" and "sadai" meaning "almighty". The name can be interpreted to mean "people of the Almighty" or "my people are the Almighty".
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Amisadai is found in the Old Testament of the Bible. In the Book of Numbers, Amisadai is mentioned as the son of Ammishaddai, a leader from the tribe of Dan. This reference suggests that the name was in use among the ancient Israelites, possibly as early as the 13th century BCE.
During the Middle Ages, the name Amisadai appeared sporadically in Jewish communities across Europe and the Middle East. One notable bearer of the name was Amisadai ben Moshe, a 13th-century Jewish scholar and physician from Egypt. He was renowned for his contributions to the study of medicine and his commentaries on various Jewish texts.
In the 16th century, an Italian Jewish scholar named Amisadai da Rovigo gained recognition for his works on Hebrew grammar and biblical exegesis. He lived in the city of Rovigo, which was part of the Venetian Republic at the time.
Another historical figure with the name Amisadai was a 17th-century Jewish merchant and philanthropist from Amsterdam. Amisadai Bueno de Mesquita was a prominent member of the Portuguese Jewish community in the Dutch city and played a significant role in supporting Jewish institutions and charities.
In more recent times, Amisadai Mendez was a 19th-century Jewish writer and poet from Curaçao, a Dutch Caribbean island. He wrote extensively in both Dutch and Papiamento, the local Creole language, and his works reflected the cultural diversity of his homeland.
While the name Amisadai has its roots in ancient Hebrew, it has been adopted and used by various Jewish communities throughout history, reflecting its enduring significance and connection to the biblical tradition.
People
Amisadai + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Amisadai as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with A
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Amisadai: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Amisadai?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 137 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Amisadai going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 2,501,856 US residents.
Is Amisadai a common name?
We classify Amisadai as "Very Rare". It ranks above 69% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 139 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Amisadai most popular?
The single biggest year for Amisadai was 2006, when 18 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Amisadai is about 18 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Amisadai in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 206 people with the name Amisadai, or 0.07 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #37,688 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Amisadai in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Amisadai?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Amisadai leans strongly female. 170 people counted with this name were female (80.6%), compared with 41 male bearers (19.4%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Amisadai?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Amisadai is Hispanic at 98.5%. The next largest groups are White (1.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Amisadai most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Amisadai in the 2020 Census, accounting for 98.5% (203 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Amisadai in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Amisadai a female name?
Yes, 96.4% of people registered as Amisadai in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Amisadai still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Amisadai in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Amisadai can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are named Amisadai?
See how many people have the name Amisadai on HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site built around that single question.