Amanda

#493 for girls in 2025, 601 births · Last seen for boys in 2011 at #12,287
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1980 · 35,811 births
Debut · girls
241 births
In top 100 · girls
46 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
790,638
since 1880

Amanda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #2, 1980girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#493601
2024#495621
2023#483636
2022#459691
2021#473660
2020#444695
2019#405770
2018#368855
2017#335968
2016#3261,005
2015#3131,034
2014#3101,060
2013#2971,076
2012#2621,236
2011#2241,413#12,2875
2010#1881,664
2009#1651,963
2008#1372,451
2007#1113,051#10,9216
2006#1003,362#7,42710
2005#794,099#7,6409
2004#674,697#4,42119
2003#545,354#7,2459
2002#466,145#8,4567
2001#396,980#6,01311
2000#328,558#5,92011
1999#229,750#4,53715
1998#1910,928#4,65014
1997#1612,243#3,06424
1996#1313,980#3,02124
1995#916,354#2,40032
1994#818,718#1,97742
1993#820,811#2,20935
1992#325,039#1,67751
1991#428,896#1,54556
1990#434,413#1,08696
1989#436,834#870134
1988#339,459#858122
1987#341,786#844123
1986#340,532#800129
1985#439,055#740143
1984#433,915#840109
1983#333,749#862103
1982#334,214#853108
1981#334,372#890100
1980#235,811#96786
1979#331,924#826111
1978#620,520#96979
1977#918,278#1,09962
1976#1015,588#1,01067
1975#1412,657#1,28045
1974#347,473#1,83225
1973#515,625#2,12419
1972#764,180#2,81912
1971#844,130#2,97311
1970#1083,545#2,89111
1969#1222,815#2,21715
1968#1322,431#3,6736
1967#1312,660#2,35212
1966#1482,331#2,9868
1965#2011,649#3,9305
1964#2451,276
1963#2831,032#4,0485
1962#300948
1961#2831,056
1960#296978
1959#317858
1958#335791
1957#351670
1956#346639
1955#415453
1954#419428
1953#418427
1952#414416#3,7345
1951#411409
1950#410380
1949#434333
1948#457306
1947#464310
1946#476273
1945#425280
1944#467237
1943#439284
1942#416295
1941#468223
1940#453218
1939#491185
1938#479192
1937#496176
1936#465192
1935#442213
1934#468189
1933#464200
1932#452213
1931#445209
1930#478196
1929#455209
1928#431247
1927#454234
1926#388311
1925#390309
1924#369341
1923#347362
1922#353341
1921#332392
1920#335379
1919#326379
1918#320397
1917#292445
1916#292421
1915#287412
1914#268375
1913#251346
1912#254310
1911#234280
1910#229278
1909#212271
1908#208260
1907#190285
1906#190260
1905#168311
1904#169294
1903#184247
1902#164301
1901#155317
1900#154377
1899#144326#1,0515
1898#137371
1897#136354
1896#129367
1895#115431
1894#112418
1893#113387
1892#102455
1891#105371
1890#104392
1889#97413
1888#97404
1887#96338
1886#91370
1885#90339
1884#92337
1883#94287
1882#91288
1881#87263
1880#89241
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Amanda was already there! It came in at #89, and was given to 241 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1927–1941, when fewer than 250 girls a year got the name.

Where Amanda is popular in 1926

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Amanda, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Amanda, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Amanda, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Amanda, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Amanda, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Amanda, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Amanda, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Amanda, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Amanda, so not publishedMNIllinois: #418 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 5,413 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Amanda, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Amanda, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Amanda, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Amanda, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Amanda, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Amanda, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Amanda, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Amanda, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Amanda, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Amanda, so not publishedIAIndiana: #268 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,613 girlsINOhio: #322 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,622 girlsOHPennsylvania: #393 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 6,536 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Amanda, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Amanda, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Amanda, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Amanda, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Amanda, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Amanda, so not publishedNEMissouri: #406 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,322 girlsMOKentucky: #201 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,096 girlsKYWest Virginia: #402 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,992 girlsWVVirginia: #226 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,628 girlsVAMaryland: #248 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,257 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Amanda, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Amanda, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Amanda, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Amanda, so not publishedKSArkansas: #428 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,438 girlsARTennessee: #309 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,469 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #255 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,920 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #239 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,828 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Amanda, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #419 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,573 girlsOKLouisiana: #362 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,647 girlsLAMississippi: #230 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,317 girlsMSAlabama: #190 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,049 girlsALGeorgia: #199 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,175 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Amanda, so not publishedHITexas: #427 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,847 girlsTXFlorida: #332 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,391 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alabama#190 · 1 in 1,049
  2. Georgia#199 · 1 in 1,175
  3. Kentucky#201 · 1 in 1,096
  4. Virginia#226 · 1 in 1,628
  5. Mississippi#230 · 1 in 1,317

Best ever in a state: #1 in Kentucky, 1979.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#190311 in 1,049
Georgia#199271 in 1,175
Kentucky#201261 in 1,096
Virginia#226161 in 1,628
Mississippi#230181 in 1,317
South Carolina#239121 in 1,828
Maryland#24861 in 2,257
North Carolina#255201 in 1,920
Indiana#268101 in 2,613
Tennessee#309111 in 2,469
Ohio#322151 in 3,622
Florida#33271 in 2,391
Louisiana#36291 in 2,647
Pennsylvania#393141 in 6,536
West Virginia#40251 in 3,992
Missouri#40671 in 4,322
Illinois#418111 in 5,413
Oklahoma#41971 in 3,573
Texas#427211 in 2,847
Arkansas#42861 in 3,438
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Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Amanda
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2 spots since 2024 (#495#493)
  • 49 spots since 2020 (#444#493)
  • 180 spots since 2015 (#313#493)
  • Biggest jump: 69 spots in 1956 (#415#346)
  • Biggest drop: 66 spots in 1927 (#388#454)
Rise & fade · girls
100 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1980 at #2 (35,811 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: 20 yrs · run 1976–1995
  • Top 100: 46 yrs · run 1971–2006
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 42
  • Highest: 1 in 42 girls born in 1987 were named Amanda (2.4%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,674 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
  • Its best rank, #2 in 1980, was only 1 in 46 (2.2%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 46.8% of all girls named Amanda (369,727) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #87 (1881) → #496 (1937) → #2 (1980)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s3,280#87 (1881)#92
1890s3,872#102 (1892)#120
1900s2,923#154 (1900)#179
1910s3,643#229 (1910)#275
1920s3,125#332 (1921)#385
1930s1,965#442 (1935)#468
1940s2,759#416 (1942)#450
1950s5,471#317 (1959)#384
1960s17,176#122 (1969)#214
1970s123,920#3 (1979)#40
1980s369,727#2 (1980)#3
1990s191,132#3 (1992)#11
2000s46,660#32 (2000)#83
2010s11,081#188 (2010)#303
2020s3,904#444 (2020)#475

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Amanda in 1926

girls
#388
311 births · 1 in 3,812 girls

Top girls' names in 1926

  1. #1Mary67,832
  2. #2Dorothy36,618
  3. #3Betty32,964
  4. #4Helen26,886
  5. #5Margaret23,072
  6. #6Ruth20,225
  7. #7Doris16,295
  8. #8Virginia16,161
  9. #9Mildred13,547
  10. #10Frances13,355
  11. #388Amanda311
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 3,812 of them was named Amanda, which outranked 93.1% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amanda
  1. #385Ophelia314
  2. #386Ilene313
  3. #386Leila313
  4. #388Amanda311
  5. #388Eliza311
  6. #388Hope311
  7. #391Edythe310
  8. #392Robbie309
  9. #393Callie306

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. 1,047Janell#1,795#748
  2. 389Madalyn#1,225#836
  3. 382Evangelina#1,324#942
  4. 379Carla#1,252#873
  5. 351Vilma#1,020#669
Fallers
  1. 597Albertine#944#1,541
  2. 462Cleora#895#1,357
  3. 461Lorrayne#988#1,449
  4. 453Hermina#996#1,449
  5. 307Ethelene#913#1,220

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1926