Amar
- #6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births
- #1,388 for boys in 2025, 132 births
- Given to boys 93.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2003 · 139 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,989since 1967
Amar over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,546 | 17 | #1,388 | 132 |
| 2024 | #6,932 | 16 | #1,241 | 160 |
| 2023 | #6,409 | 18 | #1,163 | 178 |
| 2022 | #5,638 | 22 | #1,393 | 133 |
| 2021 | #7,250 | 15 | #1,161 | 171 |
| 2020 | #7,969 | 13 | #1,280 | 143 |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 | #1,162 | 167 |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 | #1,282 | 143 |
| 2017 | #5,338 | 24 | #1,191 | 156 |
| 2016 | #7,602 | 15 | #1,304 | 139 |
| 2015 | #8,447 | 13 | #1,174 | 158 |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 | #1,188 | 155 |
| 2013 | #6,729 | 18 | #1,233 | 145 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | #1,226 | 144 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #1,250 | 138 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #1,341 | 127 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #1,367 | 125 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #1,284 | 135 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #1,255 | 140 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #1,214 | 138 |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 | #1,116 | 147 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | #1,159 | 135 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | #1,103 | 139 |
| 2002 | — | #1,204 | 115 | |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #1,216 | 110 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 | #1,408 | 88 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #1,457 | 79 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #1,301 | 91 |
| 1997 | — | #1,672 | 59 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,740 | 53 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,841 | 47 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,689 | 53 | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #2,347 | 32 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #1,914 | 42 |
| 1991 | — | #1,798 | 44 | |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | #1,530 | 55 |
| 1989 | — | #1,891 | 39 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,355 | 58 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,467 | 49 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,320 | 55 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,354 | 51 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,320 | 50 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,275 | 52 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,563 | 39 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,270 | 52 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,258 | 54 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,670 | 34 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,299 | 48 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,904 | 26 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,502 | 36 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,505 | 35 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,790 | 26 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,928 | 22 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,418 | 15 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,375 | 6 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,071 | 10 | |
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| 1968 | — | #3,365 | 7 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,760 | 9 | |
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First appearance
1967
The first year at least five boys were named Amar! It came in at #2,760, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1969, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Amar is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Minnesota#718 · 1 in 4,083
- Michigan#829 · 1 in 5,024
- New York#914 · 1 in 6,030
- New Jersey#915 · 1 in 6,628
- Ohio#1,111 · 1 in 8,756
Best ever in a state: #187 in District of Columbia, 2021.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #718 | 6 | 1 in 4,083 |
| Michigan | #829 | 8 | 1 in 5,024 |
| New York | #914 | 14 | 1 in 6,030 |
| New Jersey | #915 | 6 | 1 in 6,628 |
| Ohio | #1,111 | 6 | 1 in 8,756 |
| Florida | #1,191 | 10 | 1 in 9,553 |
| Georgia | #1,216 | 6 | 1 in 8,370 |
| California | #1,241 | 15 | 1 in 11,698 |
| Illinois | #1,280 | 5 | 1 in 9,910 |
| Texas | #1,652 | 10 | 1 in 17,505 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Amar
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 108 spots since 2020 (#1,280 → #1,388)
Rise & fade · boys
36 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1967
- Peaked 2003 at #1,103 (139 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 9,610
- Highest: 1 in 9,610 boys born in 2023 were named Amar (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 12,940 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #1,103 in 2003, was only 1 in 14,211 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 29.5% of all boys named Amar (1,472) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16 | #2,760 (1967) | #3,063 |
| 1970s | 258 | #1,299 (1978) | #2,146 |
| 1980s | 499 | #1,258 (1980) | #1,407 |
| 1990s | 555 | #1,301 (1998) | #1,729 |
| 2000s | 1,272 | #1,103 (2003) | #1,233 |
| 2010s | 1,472 | #1,162 (2019) | #1,235 |
| 2020s | 917 | #1,161 (2021) | #1,271 |
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.
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