Amon

#3,036 for boys in 2025, 40 births

Peak · boys
1887 · 6 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,829
since 1882

Amon over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Amon has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201882peak #819, 1887boys
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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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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#3,03640
2024#2,41857
2023#2,07871
2022#2,87344
2021#2,41056
2020#2,36656
2019#3,14337
2018#2,47252
2017#2,18661
2016#2,58748
2015#3,59130
2014#3,37132
2013#2,84840
2012#3,11536
2011#2,59047
2010#3,01438
2009#2,89441
2008#2,63247
2007#2,47351
2006#1,96768
2005#2,46746
2004#2,23851
2003#2,10253
2002#2,94331
2001#2,02752
2000#2,52537
1999#2,06346
1998#1,95749
1997#2,26037
1996#2,91125
1995#3,69317
1994#2,84725
1993#2,78625
1992#2,83424
1991#2,91522
1990#3,77915
1989#2,98920
1988#2,68221
1987#4,23910
1986#2,05728
1985#3,07015
1984#2,82416
1983#1,78731
1982#3,10814
1981#3,60111
1980#1,96528
1979#2,37920
1978#1,91326
1977#1,94825
1976#2,24520
1975#1,78727
1974#1,79026
1973#2,51315
1972#1,96621
1971#2,55814
1970#2,12518
1969#2,54912
1968#2,9079
1967#2,9858
1966—
1965#2,9828
1964#3,0508
1963#3,3187
1962#3,3057
1961#4,0655
1960#2,53511
1959#2,66310
1958#3,0338
1957—
1956#2,49711
1955#2,13914
1954#2,9428
1953#2,03815
1952#2,07314
1951#2,8448
1950#2,32111
1949#3,0197
1948#2,21812
1947#2,35611
1946#2,5349
1945#2,24210
1944#2,19511
1943#2,27711
1942#2,7128
1941#1,90314
1940#2,08112
1939#2,15911
1938#1,68917
1937#2,33210
1936#1,54019
1935#2,12712
1934#1,65818
1933#1,54020
1932#1,50922
1931#2,47110
1930#1,69319
1929#2,31712
1928#1,90217
1927#1,74820
1926#1,72020
1925#1,80619
1924#2,22914
1923#1,21335
1922#1,33330
1921#1,32931
1920#1,59223
1919#1,48124
1918#1,53923
1917#1,22231
1916#1,24029
1915#1,41023
1914#1,38819
1913#1,67611
1912#1,09518
1911#1,5376
1910#1,3147
1909#1,4405
1908—
1907#1,3455
1906#1,1116
1905#1,0027
1904#9667
1903—
1902—
1901—
1900—
1899—
1898#1,0026
1897—
1896#1,1015
1895—
1894#1,0745
1893—
1892—
1891#9635
1890#9945
1889—
1888—
1887#8196
1886—
1885—
1884—
1883—
1882#9435
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Amon! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Amon is popular in 1882

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Amon
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 618 spots since 2024 (#2,418 → #3,036)
  • 670 spots since 2020 (#2,366 → #3,036)
  • 555 spots since 2015 (#3,591 → #3,036)
  • Biggest jump: 31 spots in 1891 (#994 → #963)
  • Biggest drop: 36 spots in 1905 (#966 → #1,002)
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1887 at #819 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1888, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1890–1891
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,902
  • Highest: 1 in 16,902 boys born in 1887 were named Amon (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 42,702 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 16.9% of all boys named Amon (477) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#819 (1887)#881
1890s26#963 (1891)#1,027
1900s30#966 (1904)#1,173
1910s191#1,095 (1912)#1,390
1920s221#1,213 (1923)#1,719
1930s158#1,509 (1932)#1,872
1940s105#1,903 (1941)#2,354
1950s99#2,038 (1953)#2,506
1960s75#2,535 (1960)#3,077
1970s212#1,787 (1975)#2,122
1980s194#1,787 (1983)#2,832
1990s285#1,957 (1998)#2,805
2000s477#1,967 (2006)#2,427
2010s421#2,186 (2017)#2,892
2020s324#2,078 (2023)#2,530

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.

Amon in 1882

boys
#943
5 births · 1 in 22,737 boys

Top boys' names in 1882

  1. #1John9,557
  2. #2William9,298
  3. #3James5,892
  4. #4George5,193
  5. #5Charles5,091
  6. #6Frank3,176
  7. #7Joseph2,670
  8. #8Thomas2,610
  9. #9Henry2,579
  10. #10Robert2,500
  11. #943Amon5
More about 1882

boys

113,686 boys got a published name in 1882; 1 in 22,737 of them was named Amon, which outranked 14.2% of the 1,099 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amon
  1. #837Wilhelm6
  2. #837Wood6
  3. #837Yee6
  4. #943Amon5
  5. #943Ab5
  6. #943Adolf5
  7. #943Alby5

Tied with 156 names at #943; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1881
Risers
  1. ↑ 467Clarance#866 → #399
  2. ↑ 429Webster#866 → #437
  3. ↑ 365Neil#781 → #416
  4. ↑ 352Cliff#866 → #514
  5. ↑ 352Elmore#866 → #514
Fallers
  1. ↓ 501Verne#442 → #943
  2. ↓ 483Newell#460 → #943
  3. ↓ 456Merritt#487 → #943
  4. ↓ 440Solon#503 → #943
  5. ↓ 395Almon#442 → #837

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

See the top 100 for 1882 →