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

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202010peak #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 2010

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Amare, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Amare, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Amare, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Amare, so not publishedNHWashington: #497 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,965 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Amare, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Amare, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Amare, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Amare, so not publishedMNIllinois: #551 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 3,675 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Amare, so not publishedWIMichigan: #490 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 3,213 boysMINew York: #334 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 2,083 boysNYMassachusetts: #529 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,287 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Amare, so not publishedRIOregon: #517 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,053 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Amare, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Amare, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Amare, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Amare, so not publishedIAIndiana: #640 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,519 boysINOhio: #401 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 2,751 boysOHPennsylvania: #440 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 3,210 boysPANew Jersey: #358 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 2,253 boysNJConnecticut: #284 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,630 boysCTCalifornia: #776 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 7,541 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Amare, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Amare, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Amare, so not publishedNEMissouri: #510 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,267 boysMOKentucky: #518 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,747 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Amare, so not publishedWVVirginia: #337 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,979 boysVAMaryland: #285 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,484 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Amare, so not publishedDEArizona: #315 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,695 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Amare, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Amare, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Amare, so not publishedARTennessee: #502 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,196 boysTNNorth Carolina: #393 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 2,344 boysNCSouth Carolina: #285 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,403 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Amare, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #653 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,115 boysOKLouisiana: #560 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,978 boysLAMississippi: #283 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,257 boysMSAlabama: #319 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,669 boysALGeorgia: #345 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 1,927 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Amare, so not publishedHITexas: #681 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 5,413 boysTXFlorida: #558 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 3,860 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#283 · 1 in 1,257
  2. Connecticut#284 · 1 in 1,630
  3. South Carolina#285 · 1 in 1,403
  4. Maryland#285 · 1 in 1,484
  5. Arizona#315 · 1 in 1,695

Best ever in a state: #168 in Rhode Island, 2012.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#283111 in 1,257
Connecticut#28491 in 1,630
Maryland#285191 in 1,484
South Carolina#285151 in 1,403
Arizona#315221 in 1,695
Alabama#319141 in 1,669
New York#334511 in 2,083
Virginia#337211 in 1,979
Georgia#345291 in 1,927
New Jersey#358191 in 2,253
North Carolina#393221 in 2,344
Ohio#401221 in 2,751
Pennsylvania#440191 in 3,210
Michigan#490151 in 3,213
Washington#497121 in 2,965
Tennessee#502111 in 3,196
Missouri#510101 in 3,267
Oregon#51761 in 3,053
Kentucky#51861 in 3,747
Massachusetts#52971 in 4,287
Illinois#551191 in 3,675
Florida#558241 in 3,860
Louisiana#56081 in 2,978
Indiana#64081 in 4,519
Oklahoma#65351 in 4,115
Texas#681331 in 5,413
California#776311 in 7,541
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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 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 2010

girls
#5,414
25 births · 1 in 71,104 girls
boys
#509
505 births · 1 in 3,799 boys

Top girls' names in 2010

  1. #1Isabella22,936
  2. #2Sophia20,656
  3. #3Emma17,366
  4. #4Olivia17,040
  5. #5Ava15,444
  6. #6Emily14,281
  7. #7Abigail14,257
  8. #8Madison13,196
  9. #9Chloe11,765
  10. #10Mia10,650
  11. #5,414Amare25

Top boys' names in 2010

  1. #1Jacob22,157
  2. #2Ethan18,020
  3. #3Michael17,387
  4. #4Jayden17,203
  5. #5William17,072
  6. #6Alexander16,769
  7. #7Noah16,481
  8. #8Daniel15,869
  9. #9Aiden15,547
  10. #10Anthony15,511
  11. #509Amare505
More about 2010

girls

1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 71,104 of them was named Amare, which outranked 72.7% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amare
  1. #5,247Zurie26
  2. #5,247Zurisadai26
  3. #5,247Zyanna26
  4. #5,414Amare25
  5. #5,414Aaralynn25
  6. #5,414Abcde25
  7. #5,414Adaly25
  8. #5,602Aasiyah24
  9. #5,602Afnan24
  10. #5,602Ahlam24

Tied with 187 names at #5,414; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,433Tenley#2,892 → #459
  2. ↑ 2,126Elin#2,852 → #726
  3. ↑ 664Jordynn#1,353 → #689
  4. ↑ 623Kynlee#1,509 → #886
  5. ↑ 513Farrah#1,063 → #550
Fallers
  1. ↓ 502Calleigh#834 → #1,336
  2. ↓ 491Marely#851 → #1,342
  3. ↓ 477Analia#331 → #808
  4. ↓ 417Destiney#900 → #1,317
  5. ↓ 326Dayanara#810 → #1,136

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

boys

1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 3,799 of them was named Amare, which outranked 96.4% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amare
  1. #505Muhammad510
  2. #507Maverick509
  3. #508Ronan507
  4. #509Amare505
  5. #510Roger504
  6. #511Eddie503
  7. #511Nasir503
Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,631Bentlee#3,476 → #845
  2. ↑ 1,735Jencarlos#2,663 → #928
  3. ↑ 1,536Bently#2,203 → #667
  4. ↑ 940Callen#1,638 → #698
  5. ↑ 892Bode#1,665 → #773
Fallers
  1. ↓ 314Dereon#953 → #1,267
  2. ↓ 290Aaden#271 → #561
  3. ↓ 248Landin#935 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 229Rigoberto#920 → #1,149
  5. ↓ 191Dillan#793 → #984

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

See the top 100 for 2010 →