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

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Peak · boys
#105
1880 · 128 births
Debut · boys
1880
128 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
36,536
since 1880

Amos over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Amos has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #105, 1880boys
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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—#730364
2024—#687395
2023—#647424
2022—#620450
2021—#599464
2020—#696366
2019—#667394
2018—#647396
2017—#693356
2016—#669385
2015—#725340
2014—#686367
2013—#762296
2012—#800281
2011—#859247
2010—#1,059181
2009—#991199
2008—#1,046181
2007—#949208
2006—#1,097160
2005—#990174
2004—#957175
2003—#926177
2002—#930172
2001—#912171
2000—#907171
1999—#948153
1998—#931151
1997—#866162
1996—#922142
1995—#833166
1994—#802175
1993—#709213
1992—#757188
1991—#723196
1990—#712203
1989—#743178
1988—#635225
1987—#624213
1986—#615210
1985—#577232
1984—#536258
1983—#558227
1982—#553244
1981—#511272
1980—#531262
1979—#495281
1978—#502260
1977—#526252
1976—#549216
1975—#565204
1974—#537222
1973—#547206
1972—#625158
1971—#562208
1970—#672148
1969#6,6176#579182
1968—#613154
1967—#543189
1966—#567179
1965—#508224
1964—#554202
1963—#550209
1962—#524230
1961—#494256
1960—#490261
1959—#486260
1958—#463285
1957—#493251
1956—#479251
1955#5,8285#433287
1954#5,7535#427282
1953#5,0406#399307
1952—#393306
1951—#397294
1950—#401287
1949—#404275
1948—#399289
1947—#392305
1946—#403250
1945—#371262
1944—#354283
1943—#368280
1942—#372267
1941—#348278
1940#4,3495#341278
1939—#332277
1938—#321296
1937—#320288
1936#4,1815#312292
1935—#313301
1934—#293339
1933—#285345
1932—#280377
1931—#287367
1930—#261461
1929—#288377
1928#4,7255#270439
1927#2,69912#247523
1926#4,8515#268454
1925—#257489
1924—#256506
1923—#250506
1922—#237558
1921#5,0995#240546
1920#4,9755#246493
1919—#231523
1918—#229523
1917—#236462
1916—#223478
1915—#219474
1914—#217367
1913—#210312
1912—#221243
1911—#182168
1910—#208124
1909—#191116
1908—#180119
1907—#173125
1906—#166118
1905—#182102
1904—#18796
1903—#19183
1902—#17995
1901—#17683
1900—#168125
1899—#17979
1898—#16996
1897—#16594
1896—#150110
1895—#16296
1894—#142108
1893—#142105
1892—#136117
1891—#132104
1890—#127114
1889—#124114
1888—#16194
1887—#126104
1886—#120121
1885—#121114
1884—#110137
1883—#113113
1882—#109134
1881—#117102
1880—#105128
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #105 (128 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 143 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 143 yrs · run 1880–2005
Share of babies · boys
1 in 835
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 13.4% of all boys named Amos (4,891) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,161#105 (1880)#121
1890s1,023#127 (1890)#150
1900s1,062#166 (1906)#179
1910s3,674#182 (1911)#218
1920s4,891#237 (1922)#256
1930s3,343#261 (1930)#300
1940s2,767#341 (1940)#375
1950s2,810#393 (1952)#437
1960s2,086#490 (1960)#542
1970s2,155#495 (1979)#558
1980s2,321#511 (1981)#588
1990s1,749#709 (1993)#820
2000s1,788#907 (2000)#971
2010s3,243#647 (2018)#757
2020s2,463#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 1969

girls
#6,617
6 births · 1 in 281,169 girls
boys
#579
182 births · 1 in 9,825 boys

Top girls' names in 1969

  1. #1Lisa45,028
  2. #2Michelle34,319
  3. #3Jennifer33,705
  4. #4Kimberly33,077
  5. #5Melissa23,018
  6. #6Amy21,464
  7. #7Angela21,060
  8. #8Mary19,850
  9. #9Tammy19,053
  10. #10Laura17,922
  11. #6,617Amos6

Top boys' names in 1969

  1. #1Michael85,162
  2. #2David63,672
  3. #3James59,886
  4. #4John58,732
  5. #5Robert58,300
  6. #6William37,607
  7. #7Christopher35,672
  8. #8Mark33,388
  9. #9Brian31,669
  10. #10Richard31,085
  11. #579Amos182
More about 1969

girls

1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 281,169 of them was named Amos, which outranked 24.0% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amos
  1. #5,974Yonna7
  2. #5,974Yvonnie7
  3. #5,974Zuleika7
  4. #6,617Amos6
  5. #6,617Abagail6
  6. #6,617Acquanetta6
  7. #6,617Adaline6
  8. #7,471Adana5
  9. #7,471Adine5
  10. #7,471Adreana5

Tied with 853 names at #6,617; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,462Shani#2,126 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,203Julissa#2,164 → #961
  3. ↑ 1,133Chelsea#1,834 → #701
  4. ↑ 667Latasha#1,519 → #852
  5. ↑ 549Britt#1,519 → #970
Fallers
  1. ↓ 455Tamiko#552 → #1,007
  2. ↓ 345Alesia#697 → #1,042
  3. ↓ 324Vickey#966 → #1,290
  4. ↓ 308Bettina#746 → #1,054
  5. ↓ 293Cammie#846 → #1,139

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

boys

1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 9,825 of them was named Amos, which outranked 88.5% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amos
  1. #576Edmond185
  2. #576Emilio185
  3. #578Austin183
  4. #579Amos182
  5. #580Blair181
  6. #580Cleveland181
  7. #582Joesph179
Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,735Dedric#2,735 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 780Jameson#1,731 → #951
  3. ↑ 589Torrey#1,393 → #804
  4. ↑ 549Jamison#1,258 → #709
  5. ↑ 534Jemal#1,083 → #549
Fallers
  1. ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
  2. ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
  3. ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
  4. ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302

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

See the top 100 for 1969 →