Amos
Last seen for girls in 1969 at #6,617 · #730 for boys in 2025, 364 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 128 births
- Debut · boys
- 128 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 36,536since 1880
Amos over time
Rank among boys' names. Amos has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #730 | 364 | |
| 2024 | — | #687 | 395 | |
| 2023 | — | #647 | 424 | |
| 2022 | — | #620 | 450 | |
| 2021 | — | #599 | 464 | |
| 2020 | — | #696 | 366 | |
| 2019 | — | #667 | 394 | |
| 2018 | — | #647 | 396 | |
| 2017 | — | #693 | 356 | |
| 2016 | — | #669 | 385 | |
| 2015 | — | #725 | 340 | |
| 2014 | — | #686 | 367 | |
| 2013 | — | #762 | 296 | |
| 2012 | — | #800 | 281 | |
| 2011 | — | #859 | 247 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,059 | 181 | |
| 2009 | — | #991 | 199 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,046 | 181 | |
| 2007 | — | #949 | 208 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,097 | 160 | |
| 2005 | — | #990 | 174 | |
| 2004 | — | #957 | 175 | |
| 2003 | — | #926 | 177 | |
| 2002 | — | #930 | 172 | |
| 2001 | — | #912 | 171 | |
| 2000 | — | #907 | 171 | |
| 1999 | — | #948 | 153 | |
| 1998 | — | #931 | 151 | |
| 1997 | — | #866 | 162 | |
| 1996 | — | #922 | 142 | |
| 1995 | — | #833 | 166 | |
| 1994 | — | #802 | 175 | |
| 1993 | — | #709 | 213 | |
| 1992 | — | #757 | 188 | |
| 1991 | — | #723 | 196 | |
| 1990 | — | #712 | 203 | |
| 1989 | — | #743 | 178 | |
| 1988 | — | #635 | 225 | |
| 1987 | — | #624 | 213 | |
| 1986 | — | #615 | 210 | |
| 1985 | — | #577 | 232 | |
| 1984 | — | #536 | 258 | |
| 1983 | — | #558 | 227 | |
| 1982 | — | #553 | 244 | |
| 1981 | — | #511 | 272 | |
| 1980 | — | #531 | 262 | |
| 1979 | — | #495 | 281 | |
| 1978 | — | #502 | 260 | |
| 1977 | — | #526 | 252 | |
| 1976 | — | #549 | 216 | |
| 1975 | — | #565 | 204 | |
| 1974 | — | #537 | 222 | |
| 1973 | — | #547 | 206 | |
| 1972 | — | #625 | 158 | |
| 1971 | — | #562 | 208 | |
| 1970 | — | #672 | 148 | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #579 | 182 |
| 1968 | — | #613 | 154 | |
| 1967 | — | #543 | 189 | |
| 1966 | — | #567 | 179 | |
| 1965 | — | #508 | 224 | |
| 1964 | — | #554 | 202 | |
| 1963 | — | #550 | 209 | |
| 1962 | — | #524 | 230 | |
| 1961 | — | #494 | 256 | |
| 1960 | — | #490 | 261 | |
| 1959 | — | #486 | 260 | |
| 1958 | — | #463 | 285 | |
| 1957 | — | #493 | 251 | |
| 1956 | — | #479 | 251 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #433 | 287 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #427 | 282 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #399 | 307 |
| 1952 | — | #393 | 306 | |
| 1951 | — | #397 | 294 | |
| 1950 | — | #401 | 287 | |
| 1949 | — | #404 | 275 | |
| 1948 | — | #399 | 289 | |
| 1947 | — | #392 | 305 | |
| 1946 | — | #403 | 250 | |
| 1945 | — | #371 | 262 | |
| 1944 | — | #354 | 283 | |
| 1943 | — | #368 | 280 | |
| 1942 | — | #372 | 267 | |
| 1941 | — | #348 | 278 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #341 | 278 |
| 1939 | — | #332 | 277 | |
| 1938 | — | #321 | 296 | |
| 1937 | — | #320 | 288 | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #312 | 292 |
| 1935 | — | #313 | 301 | |
| 1934 | — | #293 | 339 | |
| 1933 | — | #285 | 345 | |
| 1932 | — | #280 | 377 | |
| 1931 | — | #287 | 367 | |
| 1930 | — | #261 | 461 | |
| 1929 | — | #288 | 377 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #270 | 439 |
| 1927 | #2,699 | 12 | #247 | 523 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #268 | 454 |
| 1925 | — | #257 | 489 | |
| 1924 | — | #256 | 506 | |
| 1923 | — | #250 | 506 | |
| 1922 | — | #237 | 558 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #240 | 546 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #246 | 493 |
| 1919 | — | #231 | 523 | |
| 1918 | — | #229 | 523 | |
| 1917 | — | #236 | 462 | |
| 1916 | — | #223 | 478 | |
| 1915 | — | #219 | 474 | |
| 1914 | — | #217 | 367 | |
| 1913 | — | #210 | 312 | |
| 1912 | — | #221 | 243 | |
| 1911 | — | #182 | 168 | |
| 1910 | — | #208 | 124 | |
| 1909 | — | #191 | 116 | |
| 1908 | — | #180 | 119 | |
| 1907 | — | #173 | 125 | |
| 1906 | — | #166 | 118 | |
| 1905 | — | #182 | 102 | |
| 1904 | — | #187 | 96 | |
| 1903 | — | #191 | 83 | |
| 1902 | — | #179 | 95 | |
| 1901 | — | #176 | 83 | |
| 1900 | — | #168 | 125 | |
| 1899 | — | #179 | 79 | |
| 1898 | — | #169 | 96 | |
| 1897 | — | #165 | 94 | |
| 1896 | — | #150 | 110 | |
| 1895 | — | #162 | 96 | |
| 1894 | — | #142 | 108 | |
| 1893 | — | #142 | 105 | |
| 1892 | — | #136 | 117 | |
| 1891 | — | #132 | 104 | |
| 1890 | — | #127 | 114 | |
| 1889 | — | #124 | 114 | |
| 1888 | — | #161 | 94 | |
| 1887 | — | #126 | 104 | |
| 1886 | — | #120 | 121 | |
| 1885 | — | #121 | 114 | |
| 1884 | — | #110 | 137 | |
| 1883 | — | #113 | 113 | |
| 1882 | — | #109 | 134 | |
| 1881 | — | #117 | 102 | |
| 1880 | — | #105 | 128 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Amos was already there! It came in at #105, and was given to 128 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1899, when fewer than 120 boys a year got the name.
See more about Amos
- 43 spots since 2024 (#687 → #730)
- 34 spots since 2020 (#696 → #730)
- 5 spots since 2015 (#725 → #730)
- Biggest jump: 200 spots in 2011 (#1,059 → #859)
- Biggest drop: 108 spots in 1989 (#635 → #743)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #105 (128 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 143 yrs · run 1880–2005
- Highest: 1 in 835 boys born in 1884 were named Amos (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,693 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #105 in 1880, was only 1 in 863 (0.12%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 13.4% of all boys named Amos (4,891) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,161 | #105 (1880) | #121 |
| 1890s | 1,023 | #127 (1890) | #150 |
| 1900s | 1,062 | #166 (1906) | #179 |
| 1910s | 3,674 | #182 (1911) | #218 |
| 1920s | 4,891 | #237 (1922) | #256 |
| 1930s | 3,343 | #261 (1930) | #300 |
| 1940s | 2,767 | #341 (1940) | #375 |
| 1950s | 2,810 | #393 (1952) | #437 |
| 1960s | 2,086 | #490 (1960) | #542 |
| 1970s | 2,155 | #495 (1979) | #558 |
| 1980s | 2,321 | #511 (1981) | #588 |
| 1990s | 1,749 | #709 (1993) | #820 |
| 2000s | 1,788 | #907 (2000) | #971 |
| 2010s | 3,243 | #647 (2018) | #757 |
| 2020s | 2,463 | #599 (2021) | #663 |
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.
Amos in 1921
Top girls' names in 1921
Top boys' names in 1921
More about 1921
girls
1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 246,612 of them was named Amos, which outranked 13.1% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 772 names at #5,099; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 2,017 of them was named Amos, which outranked 95.2% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).