Amare

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #2,332 for boys in 2025, 59 births
Given to boys 94.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
2011 · 639 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,150
since 1997

Amare over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #4,957, 2012peak #427, 2011girlsboys
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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#14,9425#2,33259
2024#9,55610#2,07872
2023#8,48612#1,75493
2022#9,05611#1,574112
2021#10,2929#1,170168
2020#11,0908#1,172164
2019#9,73610#1,177164
2018#9,15111#1,036196
2017#7,44215#1,016199
2016#6,40119#985207
2015#6,03621#831270
2014#8,96612#847264
2013#7,03117#598423
2012#4,95728#498534
2011#5,20726#427639
2010#5,41425#509505
2009#6,81119#657377
2008#6,35021#678357
2007#5,89523#645376
2006#6,84018#789262
2005#5,60022#631347
2004#12,7617#1,159135
2003#6,57617#1,024154
2002#10,2469#3,09529
2001#13,5216#6,44510
2000—#5,04014
1999—#8,7046
1998—#6,8438
1997#13,7245#8,1106
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First appearance
1997

The first year at least five boys were named Amare! It came in at #8,110, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1997–1999, when fewer than 9 boys a year got the name.

Where Amare is popular in 1997

No state had 5 or more boys named Amare in 1997, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Amare
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 254 spots since 2024 (#2,078 → #2,332)
  • 1,160 spots since 2020 (#1,172 → #2,332)
  • 1,501 spots since 2015 (#831 → #2,332)
  • Biggest jump: 528 spots in 2005 (#1,159 → #631)
  • Biggest drop: 249 spots in 2014 (#598 → #847)
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1997
  • Peaked 2011 at #427 (639 births)
  • Births halved by 2014, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 2005–2016
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,972
  • Highest: 1 in 2,972 boys born in 2011 were named Amare (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 28,950 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 55.3% of all boys named Amare (3,401) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s20#6,843 (1998)#7,886
2000s2,061#631 (2005)#2,016
2010s3,401#427 (2011)#792
2020s668#1,170 (2021)#1,680

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.

Amare in 1997

girls
#13,724
5 births · 1 in 348,142 girls
boys
#8,110
6 births · 1 in 314,190 boys

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #13,724Amare5

Top boys' names in 1997

  1. #1Michael37,562
  2. #2Jacob34,163
  3. #3Matthew31,517
  4. #4Christopher29,108
  5. #5Joshua28,289
  6. #6Nicholas27,258
  7. #7Andrew25,208
  8. #8Brandon25,197
  9. #9Austin25,118
  10. #10Tyler24,879
  11. #8,110Amare6
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 348,142 of them was named Amare, which outranked 15.1% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amare
  1. #12,070Zuha6
  2. #12,070Zyanya6
  3. #12,070Zyasia6
  4. #13,724Amare5
  5. #13,724Aalaiyah5
  6. #13,724Aalyssa5
  7. #13,724Aasia5

Tied with 2,439 names at #13,724; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,582Yulisa#10,567 → #985
  2. ↑ 3,882Yulissa#4,306 → #424
  3. ↑ 2,634Tea#3,429 → #795
  4. ↑ 2,046Taya#2,901 → #855
  5. ↑ 1,202Julisa#1,930 → #728
Fallers
  1. ↓ 931Yamilex#707 → #1,638
  2. ↓ 477Suzette#998 → #1,475
  3. ↓ 457Chynna#834 → #1,291
  4. ↓ 396Moesha#547 → #943
  5. ↓ 377Daijah#975 → #1,352

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

boys

1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 314,190 of them was named Amare, which outranked 25.0% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amare
  1. #7,281Zoey7
  2. #7,281Zoran7
  3. #7,281Zyair7
  4. #8,110Amare6
  5. #8,110Aaditya6
  6. #8,110Aaric6
  7. #8,110Aashish6
  8. #9,265Aadam5
  9. #9,265Aaran5
  10. #9,265Aarik5

Tied with 1,154 names at #8,110; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,420Jaret#2,145 → #725
  2. ↑ 712Kobe#1,265 → #553
  3. ↑ 580Ronaldo#1,465 → #885
  4. ↑ 420Jarett#1,334 → #914
  5. ↑ 416Gianni#1,093 → #677
Fallers
  1. ↓ 562Shaquille#662 → #1,224
  2. ↓ 373Dalvin#977 → #1,350
  3. ↓ 355Montel#990 → #1,345
  4. ↓ 328Codie#884 → #1,212
  5. ↓ 328Jair#884 → #1,212

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

See the top 100 for 1997 →