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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201999peak #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 1999

girls
#22
9,750 births · 1 in 182 girls
boys
#4,537
15 births · 1 in 128,010 boys

Top girls' names in 1999

  1. #1Emily26,542
  2. #2Hannah21,679
  3. #3Alexis19,237
  4. #4Sarah19,119
  5. #5Samantha19,044
  6. #6Ashley18,136
  7. #7Madison18,054
  8. #8Taylor16,906
  9. #9Jessica16,350
  10. #10Elizabeth15,350
  11. #22Amanda9,750

Top boys' names in 1999

  1. #1Jacob35,371
  2. #2Michael33,915
  3. #3Matthew30,418
  4. #4Joshua27,265
  5. #5Nicholas25,639
  6. #6Christopher25,604
  7. #7Andrew23,866
  8. #8Joseph23,220
  9. #9Daniel22,704
  10. #10Tyler22,669
  11. #4,537Amanda15
More about 1999

girls

1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 182 of them was named Amanda, which outranked 99.9% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amanda
  1. #19Rachel11,632
  2. #20Olivia11,257
  3. #21Jennifer10,616
  4. #22Amanda9,750
  5. #23Sydney9,649
  6. #24Morgan9,607
  7. #25Nicole9,515
Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. 1,407Citlalli#2,338#931
  2. 1,329Noelia#2,048#719
  3. 1,060Amaya#1,458#398
  4. 864Kyara#1,789#925
  5. 604Journey#1,557#953
Fallers
  1. 579Erykah#779#1,358
  2. 417Tea#747#1,164
  3. 415Tasia#800#1,215
  4. 406Monika#930#1,336
  5. 357Chase#952#1,309

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

boys

1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 128,010 of them was named Amanda, which outranked 60.9% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amanda
  1. #4,341Yousif16
  2. #4,341Zakariah16
  3. #4,341Zubair16
  4. #4,537Amanda15
  5. #4,537Able15
  6. #4,537Adams15
  7. #4,537Ade15
  8. #4,762Abdulmalik14
  9. #4,762Abrahim14
  10. #4,762Adal14

Tied with 224 names at #4,537; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. 1,239Trajan#2,235#996
  2. 669Tyreese#1,558#889
  3. 595Latrell#1,231#636
  4. 420Zion#694#274
  5. 414Xander#1,338#924
Fallers
  1. 381Jaret#555#936
  2. 362Kordell#841#1,203
  3. 313Juwan#524#837
  4. 296Jarett#743#1,039
  5. 288Christion#989#1,277

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

See the top 100 for 1999