Amish
Last seen for boys in 2016 at #10,744
- Peak · boys
- 1981 · 17 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 294since 1971
Amish over time
Rank among boys' names. Amish has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | |
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| 2016 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #8,209 | 7 |
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| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
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| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | #2,680 | 17 |
| 1980 | #3,256 | 13 |
| 1979 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #2,929 | 14 |
| 1977 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 12 |
| 1975 | #3,078 | 12 |
| 1974 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Amish! It came in at #4,375, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1972, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Amish is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Illinois#884 · 1 in 16,926
Best ever in a state: #562 in New Jersey, 1975.
Show every state
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| Illinois | #884 | 5 | 1 in 16,926 |
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See more about Amish
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1981 at #2,680 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 105,363 boys born in 1981 were named Amish (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 316,290 boys born in 2016 (0.00%)
- 32.0% of all boys named Amish (94) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 85 | #2,929 (1978) | #3,431 |
| 1980s | 94 | #2,680 (1981) | #4,518 |
| 1990s | 30 | #6,415 (1990) | #7,672 |
| 2000s | 50 | #7,998 (2006) | #8,940 |
| 2010s | 35 | #7,562 (2014) | #10,186 |
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.
Amish in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 105,363 of them was named Amish, which outranked 63.2% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,569Victoriano18
- #2,569Windell18
- #2,569Yakov18
- #2,680Amish17
- #2,680Alexandros17
- #2,680Andree17
- #2,680Ansel17
- #2,779Aarron16
- #2,779Alfonza16
- #2,779Alika16
Tied with 98 names at #2,680; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.