Amarilis

#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births

Peak · girls
1985 · 24 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
747
since 1961

Amarilis over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Amarilis has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201985peak #3,517, 1985girls
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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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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#10,9178
2024#11,1228
2023#8,98911
2022#7,63114
2021#10,2929
2020#10,2509
2019#13,7996
2018
2017#10,6899
2016#10,11310
2015#10,8669
2014#8,48513
2013#14,5826
2012#14,9626
2011#8,61413
2010#8,27114
2009#6,81119
2008#9,47612
2007#8,52014
2006#8,71513
2005#10,9219
2004#8,25913
2003#6,88516
2002#9,48210
2001#6,06718
2000#11,8017
1999#6,83614
1998#6,36015
1997#9,0179
1996#4,73921
1995#5,95815
1994#8,12210
1993#4,52422
1992#3,86627
1991#4,20824
1990#3,81327
1989#4,24822
1988#4,30820
1987#4,66017
1986#3,75722
1985#3,51724
1984#7,3988
1983#4,10918
1982#6,37110
1981#6,32310
1980#4,97814
1979#7,3138
1978#5,21412
1977#8,4446
1976#5,21511
1975#3,95016
1974#4,72012
1973#6,6667
1972#5,9598
1971#5,5439
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1968#5,6427
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1965#4,8318
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First appearance
1961

The first year at least five girls were named Amarilis! It came in at #6,567, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1961–1964, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Amarilis is popular in 1985

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedMINew York: #1,361 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 15,270 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Amarilis, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New York#1,361 · 1 in 15,270

Best ever in a state: #476 in Connecticut, 1992.

Show every state
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New York#1,36171 in 15,270
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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 Amarilis
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 205 spots since 2024 (#11,122#10,917)
  • 667 spots since 2020 (#10,250#10,917)
  • 51 spots since 2015 (#10,866#10,917)
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1961
  • Peaked 1985 at #3,517 (24 births)
  • Births halved by 1994, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 68,294
  • Highest: 1 in 68,294 girls born in 1992 were named Amarilis (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #3,517 in 1985, was only 1 in 71,701 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 24.6% of all girls named Amarilis (184) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s33#4,831 (1965)#5,786
1970s89#3,950 (1975)#5,892
1980s165#3,517 (1985)#4,967
1990s184#3,813 (1990)#5,744
2000s131#6,067 (2001)#8,694
2010s86#8,271 (2010)#11,153
2020s59#7,631 (2022)#9,867

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.

Amarilis in 1985

girls
#3,517
24 births · 1 in 71,701 girls

Top girls' names in 1985

  1. #1Jessica48,345
  2. #2Ashley47,010
  3. #3Jennifer42,661
  4. #4Amanda39,055
  5. #5Sarah24,879
  6. #6Stephanie23,243
  7. #7Nicole22,966
  8. #8Heather21,151
  9. #9Elizabeth20,545
  10. #10Megan20,013
  11. #3,517Amarilis24
More about 1985

girls

1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 71,701 of them was named Amarilis, which outranked 71.9% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amarilis
  1. #3,419Vy25
  2. #3,419Wynter25
  3. #3,419Zaida25
  4. #3,517Amarilis24
  5. #3,517Adriann24
  6. #3,517Alexi24
  7. #3,517Andera24
  8. #3,621Aleece23
  9. #3,621Alexsandra23
  10. #3,621Alyshia23

Tied with 103 names at #3,517; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. 7,360Kayleigh#8,153#793
  2. 1,675Madison#2,299#624
  3. 1,167Cierra#1,633#466
  4. 1,002Ciera#1,703#701
  5. 787Krystina#1,332#545
Fallers
  1. 1,164Grisel#784#1,948
  2. 893Ciji#963#1,856
  3. 419Falon#914#1,333
  4. 364Alesia#969#1,333
  5. 362Echo#845#1,207

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

See the top 100 for 1985