Amaru

#8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births · #2,390 for boys in 2025, 57 births
Given to boys 96.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
2021 · 62 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
984
since 1996

Amaru over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Amaru has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202025boysat peak
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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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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#8,86011#2,39057
2024#11,1228#2,37059
2023#10,3129#2,38757
2022#2,75347
2021#15,2515#2,25362
2020#2,26460
2019#11,3568#2,69447
2018#2,99439
2017#3,12337
2016#3,68129
2015#3,98226
2014#4,13824
2013#3,18934
2012#3,05937
2011#3,51030
2010#3,99425
2009#3,83127
2008#5,48716
2007#4,24323
2006#4,00124
2005#3,44728
2004#2,69739
2003#3,11930
2002#3,79422
2001#5,14214
2000#5,58812
1999#4,16217
1998#3,19124
1997#2,54631
1996#7,1367
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First appearance
1996

The first year at least five boys were named Amaru! It came in at #7,136, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1996, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 20 spots since 2024 (#2,370#2,390)
  • 126 spots since 2020 (#2,264#2,390)
  • 1,592 spots since 2015 (#3,982#2,390)
Rise & fade · boys
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1996
  • Peaked 2021 at #2,253 (62 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 28,217
  • Highest: 1 in 28,217 boys born in 2021 were named Amaru (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 29,966 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 34.8% of all boys named Amaru (342) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s79#2,546 (1997)#4,259
2000s235#2,697 (2004)#4,135
2010s328#2,694 (2019)#3,436
2020s342#2,253 (2021)#2,403

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

Amaru in 2025

girls
#8,860
11 births · 1 in 146,115 girls
boys
#2,390
57 births · 1 in 29,966 boys

Top girls' names in 2025

  1. #1Olivia13,544
  2. #2Charlotte13,400
  3. #3Emma12,754
  4. #4Amelia12,699
  5. #5Sophia12,561
  6. #6Mia11,078
  7. #7Isabella10,666
  8. #8Evelyn9,123
  9. #9Sofia8,252
  10. #10Eliana8,191
  11. #8,860Amaru11

Top boys' names in 2025

  1. #1Liam20,818
  2. #2Noah20,358
  3. #3Oliver14,939
  4. #4Theodore13,355
  5. #5Henry12,020
  6. #6James11,945
  7. #7Elijah11,111
  8. #8Mateo11,045
  9. #9William10,545
  10. #10Lucas10,219
  11. #2,390Amaru57
More about 2025

girls

1,607,267 girls got a published name in 2025; 1 in 146,115 of them was named Amaru, which outranked 48.8% of the 17,297 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880).

Ranked beside Amaru
  1. #8,362Zissel12
  2. #8,362Zoella12
  3. #8,362Zyomi12
  4. #8,860Amaru11
  5. #8,860Aadiya11
  6. #8,860Aadvika11
  7. #8,860Aara11
  8. #9,457Aanaya10
  9. #9,457Aarza10
  10. #9,457Aashi10

Tied with 596 names at #8,860; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2024
Risers
  1. 1,390Klarity#2,178#788
  2. 1,211Rynlee#1,966#755
  3. 963Ailanny#1,895#932
  4. 928Naylani#1,823#895
  5. 861Madisson#1,180#319
Fallers
  1. 353Aubrie#999#1,352
  2. 307Cattleya#904#1,211
  3. 272Jaycee#878#1,150
  4. 248Zendaya#938#1,186
  5. 233Novalee#742#975

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

boys

1,708,076 boys got a published name in 2025; 1 in 29,966 of them was named Amaru, which outranked 82.8% of the 13,930 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880).

Ranked beside Amaru
  1. #2,363Yaziel58
  2. #2,363Yossi58
  3. #2,363Zacchaeus58
  4. #2,390Amaru57
  5. #2,390Ameen57
  6. #2,390Arlan57
  7. #2,390Asim57
  8. #2,421Amelio56
  9. #2,421Bram56
  10. #2,421Darnell56

Tied with 30 names at #2,390; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2024
Risers
  1. 1,096Kasai#1,735#639
  2. 1,089Akari#1,631#542
  3. 787Eziah#1,397#610
  4. 772Jasai#1,211#439
  5. 648Neithan#1,371#723
Fallers
  1. 265Karim#819#1,084
  2. 235Khaza#961#1,196
  3. 231Landen#813#1,044
  4. 229Khai#947#1,176
  5. 227Seven#891#1,118

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

See the top 100 for 2025