Amor

#1,666 for girls in 2025, 124 births · #2,798 for boys in 2025, 45 births
Given to girls 76.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
2024 · 154 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,257
since 1972

Amor over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202018girlsat peakboysat peak
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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#1,666124#2,79845
2024#1,436154#2,04274
2023#1,455153#2,14767
2022#1,720121#2,40858
2021#1,524138#2,49953
2020#1,474145#3,73428
2019#1,802113#3,05239
2018#1,840110#3,10637
2017#1,943103#4,46622
2016#2,03397#3,29334
2015#2,15288#4,08025
2014#1,674126#4,13824
2013#2,30580#4,06424
2012#2,67966#4,68620
2011#2,83861#5,20017
2010#3,15952#6,35913
2009#3,40948#4,27823
2008#3,42048#6,39313
2007#3,53146#8,1739
2006#3,61743#5,30316
2005#4,26732#7,09610
2004#4,28732#9,9486
2003#3,94634#8,6437
2002#5,67320#8,4567
2001#6,95615#10,5565
2000#5,70519#8,2097
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1995#8,7669#6,4078
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First appearance
1972

The first year at least five girls were named Amor! It came in at #7,292, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1973, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Amor is popular in 2018

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,543 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,706 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedWIMichigan: #905 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,031 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #1,013 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,288 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,090 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 18,947 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,050 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,782 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Amor, so not publishedHITexas: #1,649 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 12,224 girlsTXFlorida: #1,259 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 8,509 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Michigan#905 · 1 in 5,031
  2. Pennsylvania#1,013 · 1 in 6,288
  3. Georgia#1,050 · 1 in 5,782
  4. Florida#1,259 · 1 in 8,509
  5. Illinois#1,543 · 1 in 10,706

Best ever in a state: #409 in New Mexico, 2003.

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Michigan#90581 in 5,031
Pennsylvania#1,01381 in 6,288
Georgia#1,05081 in 5,782
Florida#1,259101 in 8,509
Illinois#1,54351 in 10,706
Texas#1,649131 in 12,224
California#2,090101 in 18,947
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Amor
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 230 spots since 2024 (#1,436 → #1,666)
  • 192 spots since 2020 (#1,474 → #1,666)
  • 486 spots since 2015 (#2,152 → #1,666)
Rise & fade · girls
52 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1972
  • Peaked 2024 at #1,436 (154 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,487
  • Highest: 1 in 10,487 girls born in 2023 were named Amor (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 12,962 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #1,436 in 2024, was only 1 in 10,521 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 39.7% of all girls named Amor (896) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1972
  • Mostly boys until 1971, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s41#6,258 (1974)#7,546
1980s51#8,037 (1989)#9,333
1990s97#6,163 (1997)#8,290
2000s337#3,409 (2009)#4,481
2010s896#1,674 (2014)#2,243
2020s835#1,436 (2024)#1,546

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Amor in 2018

girls
#1,840
110 births · 1 in 15,464 girls
boys
#3,106
37 births · 1 in 49,085 boys

Top girls' names in 2018

  1. #1Emma18,824
  2. #2Olivia18,061
  3. #3Ava15,034
  4. #4Isabella14,575
  5. #5Sophia14,013
  6. #6Charlotte13,038
  7. #7Mia12,742
  8. #8Amelia12,405
  9. #9Harper10,646
  10. #10Evelyn10,433
  11. #1,840Amor110

Top boys' names in 2018

  1. #1Liam19,977
  2. #2Noah18,441
  3. #3William14,646
  4. #4James13,650
  5. #5Oliver13,500
  6. #6Benjamin13,488
  7. #7Elijah13,020
  8. #8Lucas12,665
  9. #9Mason12,526
  10. #10Logan12,447
  11. #3,106Amor37
More about 2018

girls

1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 15,464 of them was named Amor, which outranked 89.9% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amor
  1. #1,830Hudson111
  2. #1,830Irina111
  3. #1,830Presleigh111
  4. #1,840Amor110
  5. #1,840Bellarose110
  6. #1,840Hawa110
  7. #1,840Juno110
  8. #1,852Adah109
  9. #1,852Cooper109
  10. #1,852Dianna109

Tied with 11 names at #1,840; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 680Meghan#1,387 → #707
  2. ↑ 567Dior#1,360 → #793
  3. ↑ 367Palmer#1,042 → #675
  4. ↑ 361Adalee#1,217 → #856
  5. ↑ 346Oaklynn#888 → #542
Fallers
  1. ↓ 334Audrina#847 → #1,181
  2. ↓ 234Courtney#952 → #1,186
  3. ↓ 232Marjorie#938 → #1,170
  4. ↓ 228Anabelle#969 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 225Angelique#799 → #1,024

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

boys

1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 49,085 of them was named Amor, which outranked 78.0% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amor
  1. #3,055Zaylin38
  2. #3,055Zeno38
  3. #3,055Zidan38
  4. #3,106Amor37
  5. #3,106Ahad37
  6. #3,106Alexei37
  7. #3,106Alim37
  8. #3,171Abimael36
  9. #3,171Abir36
  10. #3,171Akash36

Tied with 64 names at #3,106; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 594Genesis#1,575 → #981
  2. ↑ 436Baker#1,149 → #713
  3. ↑ 430Saint#1,287 → #857
  4. ↑ 319Kairo#802 → #483
  5. ↑ 307Watson#1,020 → #713
Fallers
  1. ↓ 235Aaden#893 → #1,128
  2. ↓ 224Dilan#917 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 201Craig#980 → #1,181
  4. ↓ 177Mike#951 → #1,128
  5. ↓ 172Harper#798 → #970

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

See the top 100 for 2018 →