Amos
Last seen for girls in 1969 at #6,617 · #730 for boys in 2025, 364 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 128 births
- Debut · boys
- 128 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 36,536since 1880
Amos over time
Rank among boys' names. Amos has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #730 | 364 | |
| 2024 | — | #687 | 395 | |
| 2023 | — | #647 | 424 | |
| 2022 | — | #620 | 450 | |
| 2021 | — | #599 | 464 | |
| 2020 | — | #696 | 366 | |
| 2019 | — | #667 | 394 | |
| 2018 | — | #647 | 396 | |
| 2017 | — | #693 | 356 | |
| 2016 | — | #669 | 385 | |
| 2015 | — | #725 | 340 | |
| 2014 | — | #686 | 367 | |
| 2013 | — | #762 | 296 | |
| 2012 | — | #800 | 281 | |
| 2011 | — | #859 | 247 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,059 | 181 | |
| 2009 | — | #991 | 199 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,046 | 181 | |
| 2007 | — | #949 | 208 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,097 | 160 | |
| 2005 | — | #990 | 174 | |
| 2004 | — | #957 | 175 | |
| 2003 | — | #926 | 177 | |
| 2002 | — | #930 | 172 | |
| 2001 | — | #912 | 171 | |
| 2000 | — | #907 | 171 | |
| 1999 | — | #948 | 153 | |
| 1998 | — | #931 | 151 | |
| 1997 | — | #866 | 162 | |
| 1996 | — | #922 | 142 | |
| 1995 | — | #833 | 166 | |
| 1994 | — | #802 | 175 | |
| 1993 | — | #709 | 213 | |
| 1992 | — | #757 | 188 | |
| 1991 | — | #723 | 196 | |
| 1990 | — | #712 | 203 | |
| 1989 | — | #743 | 178 | |
| 1988 | — | #635 | 225 | |
| 1987 | — | #624 | 213 | |
| 1986 | — | #615 | 210 | |
| 1985 | — | #577 | 232 | |
| 1984 | — | #536 | 258 | |
| 1983 | — | #558 | 227 | |
| 1982 | — | #553 | 244 | |
| 1981 | — | #511 | 272 | |
| 1980 | — | #531 | 262 | |
| 1979 | — | #495 | 281 | |
| 1978 | — | #502 | 260 | |
| 1977 | — | #526 | 252 | |
| 1976 | — | #549 | 216 | |
| 1975 | — | #565 | 204 | |
| 1974 | — | #537 | 222 | |
| 1973 | — | #547 | 206 | |
| 1972 | — | #625 | 158 | |
| 1971 | — | #562 | 208 | |
| 1970 | — | #672 | 148 | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #579 | 182 |
| 1968 | — | #613 | 154 | |
| 1967 | — | #543 | 189 | |
| 1966 | — | #567 | 179 | |
| 1965 | — | #508 | 224 | |
| 1964 | — | #554 | 202 | |
| 1963 | — | #550 | 209 | |
| 1962 | — | #524 | 230 | |
| 1961 | — | #494 | 256 | |
| 1960 | — | #490 | 261 | |
| 1959 | — | #486 | 260 | |
| 1958 | — | #463 | 285 | |
| 1957 | — | #493 | 251 | |
| 1956 | — | #479 | 251 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #433 | 287 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #427 | 282 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #399 | 307 |
| 1952 | — | #393 | 306 | |
| 1951 | — | #397 | 294 | |
| 1950 | — | #401 | 287 | |
| 1949 | — | #404 | 275 | |
| 1948 | — | #399 | 289 | |
| 1947 | — | #392 | 305 | |
| 1946 | — | #403 | 250 | |
| 1945 | — | #371 | 262 | |
| 1944 | — | #354 | 283 | |
| 1943 | — | #368 | 280 | |
| 1942 | — | #372 | 267 | |
| 1941 | — | #348 | 278 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #341 | 278 |
| 1939 | — | #332 | 277 | |
| 1938 | — | #321 | 296 | |
| 1937 | — | #320 | 288 | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #312 | 292 |
| 1935 | — | #313 | 301 | |
| 1934 | — | #293 | 339 | |
| 1933 | — | #285 | 345 | |
| 1932 | — | #280 | 377 | |
| 1931 | — | #287 | 367 | |
| 1930 | — | #261 | 461 | |
| 1929 | — | #288 | 377 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #270 | 439 |
| 1927 | #2,699 | 12 | #247 | 523 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #268 | 454 |
| 1925 | — | #257 | 489 | |
| 1924 | — | #256 | 506 | |
| 1923 | — | #250 | 506 | |
| 1922 | — | #237 | 558 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #240 | 546 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #246 | 493 |
| 1919 | — | #231 | 523 | |
| 1918 | — | #229 | 523 | |
| 1917 | — | #236 | 462 | |
| 1916 | — | #223 | 478 | |
| 1915 | — | #219 | 474 | |
| 1914 | — | #217 | 367 | |
| 1913 | — | #210 | 312 | |
| 1912 | — | #221 | 243 | |
| 1911 | — | #182 | 168 | |
| 1910 | — | #208 | 124 | |
| 1909 | — | #191 | 116 | |
| 1908 | — | #180 | 119 | |
| 1907 | — | #173 | 125 | |
| 1906 | — | #166 | 118 | |
| 1905 | — | #182 | 102 | |
| 1904 | — | #187 | 96 | |
| 1903 | — | #191 | 83 | |
| 1902 | — | #179 | 95 | |
| 1901 | — | #176 | 83 | |
| 1900 | — | #168 | 125 | |
| 1899 | — | #179 | 79 | |
| 1898 | — | #169 | 96 | |
| 1897 | — | #165 | 94 | |
| 1896 | — | #150 | 110 | |
| 1895 | — | #162 | 96 | |
| 1894 | — | #142 | 108 | |
| 1893 | — | #142 | 105 | |
| 1892 | — | #136 | 117 | |
| 1891 | — | #132 | 104 | |
| 1890 | — | #127 | 114 | |
| 1889 | — | #124 | 114 | |
| 1888 | — | #161 | 94 | |
| 1887 | — | #126 | 104 | |
| 1886 | — | #120 | 121 | |
| 1885 | — | #121 | 114 | |
| 1884 | — | #110 | 137 | |
| 1883 | — | #113 | 113 | |
| 1882 | — | #109 | 134 | |
| 1881 | — | #117 | 102 | |
| 1880 | — | #105 | 128 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Amos was already there! It came in at #105, and was given to 128 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1899, when fewer than 120 boys a year got the name.
Where Amos is popular in 1926
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Florida#121 · 1 in 636
- Mississippi#133 · 1 in 724
- Georgia#146 · 1 in 932
- South Carolina#147 · 1 in 917
- Alabama#150 · 1 in 949
Best ever in a state: #56 in Arizona, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | #121 | 24 | 1 in 636 |
| Mississippi | #133 | 28 | 1 in 724 |
| Georgia | #146 | 29 | 1 in 932 |
| South Carolina | #147 | 20 | 1 in 917 |
| Alabama | #150 | 29 | 1 in 949 |
| Oklahoma | #157 | 25 | 1 in 906 |
| Tennessee | #170 | 20 | 1 in 1,198 |
| North Carolina | #180 | 31 | 1 in 1,096 |
| Arkansas | #181 | 17 | 1 in 1,077 |
| Louisiana | #199 | 19 | 1 in 1,047 |
| Virginia | #201 | 15 | 1 in 1,477 |
| Missouri | #213 | 16 | 1 in 1,843 |
| Indiana | #215 | 12 | 1 in 2,154 |
| Kentucky | #223 | 15 | 1 in 1,703 |
| Pennsylvania | #233 | 27 | 1 in 3,232 |
| West Virginia | #265 | 8 | 1 in 2,194 |
| New Jersey | #283 | 6 | 1 in 5,011 |
| Michigan | #287 | 11 | 1 in 3,721 |
| Ohio | #295 | 12 | 1 in 4,388 |
| Illinois | #359 | 10 | 1 in 5,794 |
| New York | #366 | 14 | 1 in 6,878 |
| Texas | #383 | 19 | 1 in 2,893 |
| California | #454 | 6 | 1 in 6,130 |
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| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Amos
- 43 spots since 2024 (#687 → #730)
- 34 spots since 2020 (#696 → #730)
- 5 spots since 2015 (#725 → #730)
- Biggest jump: 200 spots in 2011 (#1,059 → #859)
- Biggest drop: 108 spots in 1989 (#635 → #743)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #105 (128 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 143 yrs · run 1880–2005
- Highest: 1 in 835 boys born in 1884 were named Amos (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,693 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #105 in 1880, was only 1 in 863 (0.12%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 13.4% of all boys named Amos (4,891) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,161 | #105 (1880) | #121 |
| 1890s | 1,023 | #127 (1890) | #150 |
| 1900s | 1,062 | #166 (1906) | #179 |
| 1910s | 3,674 | #182 (1911) | #218 |
| 1920s | 4,891 | #237 (1922) | #256 |
| 1930s | 3,343 | #261 (1930) | #300 |
| 1940s | 2,767 | #341 (1940) | #375 |
| 1950s | 2,810 | #393 (1952) | #437 |
| 1960s | 2,086 | #490 (1960) | #542 |
| 1970s | 2,155 | #495 (1979) | #558 |
| 1980s | 2,321 | #511 (1981) | #588 |
| 1990s | 1,749 | #709 (1993) | #820 |
| 2000s | 1,788 | #907 (2000) | #971 |
| 2010s | 3,243 | #647 (2018) | #757 |
| 2020s | 2,463 | #599 (2021) | #663 |
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.
Amos in 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 237,080 of them was named Amos, which outranked 13.7% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 771 names at #4,851; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 2,446 of them was named Amos, which outranked 94.5% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.