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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201966peak #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.

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 1966

girls
#148
2,331 births · 1 in 726 girls
boys
#2,986
8 births · 1 in 222,933 boys

Top girls' names in 1966

  1. #1Lisa56,918
  2. #2Kimberly32,232
  3. #3Mary28,890
  4. #4Michelle27,159
  5. #5Karen25,450
  6. #6Susan23,776
  7. #7Patricia20,112
  8. #8Tammy18,621
  9. #9Angela18,532
  10. #10Jennifer18,215
  11. #148Amanda2,331

Top boys' names in 1966

  1. #1Michael79,985
  2. #2David66,408
  3. #3James65,163
  4. #4John65,016
  5. #5Robert59,317
  6. #6William38,237
  7. #7Mark34,801
  8. #8Richard34,457
  9. #9Jeffrey30,200
  10. #10Thomas29,003
  11. #2,986Amanda8
More about 1966

girls

1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 726 of them was named Amanda, which outranked 98.1% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amanda
  1. #145Crystal2,423
  2. #146Sylvia2,411
  3. #147Vickie2,395
  4. #148Amanda2,331
  5. #149Kristen2,323
  6. #150Natalie2,309
  7. #151Charlotte2,301
Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. 6,121Tabatha#6,539#418
  2. 1,469Tabitha#1,993#524
  3. 1,325Joell#2,247#922
  4. 1,047Tatia#1,715#668
  5. 969Nichole#1,829#860
Fallers
  1. 398Barb#815#1,213
  2. 310Jewell#952#1,262
  3. 288Roxie#944#1,232
  4. 284Aretha#818#1,102
  5. 280Kecia#392#672

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

boys

1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 222,933 of them was named Amanda, which outranked 34.2% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amanda
  1. #2,784Zeke9
  2. #2,784Zeno9
  3. #2,784Zev9
  4. #2,986Amanda8
  5. #2,986Adell8
  6. #2,986Alice8
  7. #2,986Alma8
  8. #3,249Aden7
  9. #3,249Adolf7
  10. #3,249Agustine7

Tied with 262 names at #2,986; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. 1,207Jarrod#1,720#513
  2. 893Heath#1,254#361
  3. 467Illya#1,294#827
  4. 419Jarrett#1,294#875
  5. 399Reynold#1,360#961
Fallers
  1. 464Quint#986#1,450
  2. 303Dario#934#1,237
  3. 299Darran#1,000#1,299
  4. 281Artie#897#1,178
  5. 268Daryn#716#984

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

See the top 100 for 1966