Meaning not yet researched.
Amanda: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 601 in 2025. Its best rank was #2 in 1980.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #2 in 1980; #493 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Amanda in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#493 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1980, at #2.
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Amanda: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 601 girls in 2025. Peak: #2 in 1980 · most girls in one year: 41,786 (1987).
In 2025, 601 US girls were named Amanda, making it the 493rd most common girls’ name of the year, up 2 places from #495 in 2024. That is 20 fewer than the 621 girls named Amanda in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #2, reached in 1980. The most girls given the name in a single year was 41,786, in 1987. For comparison, it was #313 in 2015 and #410 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Amanda in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 241 babies with the name. In all, 792,774 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 370,884 babies named Amanda.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 7,502 US girls were named Amanda; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,005. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,674 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Amanda ranked highest in Pennsylvania in 2025, at #271 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Mandy (42,603 babies since 1880) and Manda (3,294 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Armanda, Amenda and Amadea are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Manda and Mandy.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Aragonese, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Italian, Latvian, Norwegian and Polish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Armanda (1,281), Amenda (322), Amadea (140), Ammanda (106), Amonda (72), Amandine (66), Amandah (44), Aminda (39), Amannda (23), Aamanda (10).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Amanda is listed as a nickname for Mandie, Mandy.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 20 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 40 | #271 | #230 |
| Florida | 53 | #343 | #158 |
| Connecticut | 8 | #352 | #192 |
| Utah | 12 | #363 | #495 |
| Missouri | 16 | #374 | #396 |
| New York | 44 | #390 | #180 |
| Texas | 82 | #407 | #352 |
| Nevada | 6 | #440 | #364 |
| Kentucky | 9 | #446 | #369 |
| New Jersey | 17 | #448 | #284 |
| Ohio | 23 | #473 | #352 |
| California | 71 | #474 | #206 |
| Indiana | 14 | #484 | #326 |
| Oregon | 7 | #486 | #385 |
| Georgia | 23 | #490 | #560 |
| Massachusetts | 10 | #523 | #356 |
| Alabama | 9 | #524 | #491 |
| Arkansas | 5 | #563 | #498 |
| Iowa | 5 | #568 | — |
| Washington | 11 | #588 | #556 |
| Michigan | 13 | #593 | #399 |
| North Carolina | 17 | #602 | #453 |
| Wisconsin | 7 | #618 | #444 |
| Illinois | 15 | #622 | #330 |
| Arizona | 9 | #682 | #410 |
| Oklahoma | 5 | #702 | #421 |
| Minnesota | 6 | #740 | #878 |
| Tennessee | 9 | #751 | #745 |
| Louisiana | 5 | #784 | #894 |
| Colorado | 6 | #798 | #569 |
| Virginia | 7 | #945 | #457 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 601 | #493 | — | — |
| 2024 | 621 | #495 | — | — |
| 2023 | 636 | #483 | — | — |
| 2022 | 691 | #459 | — | — |
| 2021 | 660 | #474 | — | — |
| 2020 | 695 | #444 | — | — |
| 2019 | 770 | #405 | — | — |
| 2018 | 855 | #368 | — | — |
| 2017 | 968 | #335 | — | — |
| 2016 | 1,005 | #326 | — | — |
| 2015 | 1,034 | #313 | — | — |
| 2014 | 1,060 | #310 | — | — |
| 2013 | 1,076 | #297 | — | — |
| 2012 | 1,236 | #262 | — | — |
| 2011 | 1,413 | #224 | 5 | #12,380 |
| 2010 | 1,664 | #188 | — | — |
| 2009 | 1,963 | #165 | — | — |
| 2008 | 2,451 | #137 | — | — |
| 2007 | 3,051 | #111 | 6 | #10,994 |
| 2006 | 3,362 | #100 | 10 | #7,452 |
| 2005 | 4,099 | #79 | 9 | #7,658 |
| 2004 | 4,697 | #67 | 19 | #4,426 |
| 2003 | 5,354 | #54 | 9 | #7,264 |
| 2002 | 6,145 | #46 | 7 | #8,492 |
| 2001 | 6,980 | #39 | 11 | #6,031 |
| 2000 | 8,558 | #32 | 11 | #5,937 |
| 1999 | 9,750 | #22 | 15 | #4,546 |
| 1998 | 10,928 | #19 | 14 | #4,659 |
| 1997 | 12,243 | #16 | 24 | #3,065 |
| 1996 | 13,980 | #13 | 24 | #3,023 |
| 1995 | 16,354 | #9 | 32 | #2,400 |
| 1994 | 18,718 | #8 | 42 | #1,980 |
| 1993 | 20,811 | #8 | 35 | #2,209 |
| 1992 | 25,039 | #3 | 51 | #1,677 |
| 1991 | 28,896 | #4 | 56 | #1,546 |
| 1990 | 34,413 | #4 | 96 | #1,086 |
| 1989 | 36,834 | #4 | 134 | #870 |
| 1988 | 39,459 | #3 | 122 | #858 |
| 1987 | 41,786 | #3 | 123 | #844 |
| 1986 | 40,532 | #3 | 129 | #800 |
| 1985 | 39,055 | #4 | 143 | #741 |
| 1984 | 33,915 | #4 | 109 | #840 |
| 1983 | 33,749 | #3 | 103 | #863 |
| 1982 | 34,214 | #3 | 108 | #854 |
| 1981 | 34,372 | #3 | 100 | #890 |
| 1980 | 35,811 | #2 | 86 | #967 |
| 1979 | 31,924 | #3 | 111 | #826 |
| 1978 | 20,520 | #6 | 79 | #969 |
| 1977 | 18,278 | #9 | 62 | #1,100 |
| 1976 | 15,588 | #10 | 67 | #1,011 |
| 1975 | 12,657 | #14 | 45 | #1,282 |
| 1974 | 7,473 | #34 | 25 | #1,834 |
| 1973 | 5,625 | #51 | 19 | #2,129 |
| 1972 | 4,180 | #76 | 12 | #2,824 |
| 1971 | 4,130 | #84 | 11 | #2,974 |
| 1970 | 3,545 | #108 | 11 | #2,894 |
| 1969 | 2,815 | #122 | 15 | #2,219 |
| 1968 | 2,431 | #132 | 6 | #3,686 |
| 1967 | 2,660 | #131 | 12 | #2,355 |
| 1966 | 2,331 | #148 | 8 | #2,989 |
| 1965 | 1,649 | #201 | 5 | #3,944 |
| 1964 | 1,276 | #245 | — | — |
| 1963 | 1,032 | #283 | 5 | #4,061 |
| 1962 | 948 | #300 | — | — |
| 1961 | 1,056 | #283 | — | — |
| 1960 | 978 | #296 | — | — |
| 1959 | 858 | #317 | — | — |
| 1958 | 791 | #335 | — | — |
| 1957 | 670 | #351 | — | — |
| 1956 | 639 | #346 | — | — |
| 1955 | 453 | #415 | — | — |
| 1954 | 428 | #419 | — | — |
| 1953 | 427 | #418 | — | — |
| 1952 | 416 | #414 | 5 | #3,753 |
| 1951 | 409 | #411 | — | — |
| 1950 | 380 | #410 | — | — |
| 1949 | 333 | #434 | — | — |
| 1948 | 306 | #457 | — | — |
| 1947 | 310 | #464 | — | — |
| 1946 | 273 | #476 | — | — |
| 1945 | 280 | #425 | — | — |
| 1944 | 237 | #467 | — | — |
| 1943 | 284 | #439 | — | — |
| 1942 | 295 | #416 | — | — |
| 1941 | 223 | #468 | — | — |
| 1940 | 218 | #453 | — | — |
| 1939 | 185 | #491 | — | — |
| 1938 | 192 | #479 | — | — |
| 1937 | 176 | #496 | — | — |
| 1936 | 192 | #465 | — | — |
| 1935 | 213 | #442 | — | — |
| 1934 | 189 | #468 | — | — |
| 1933 | 200 | #464 | — | — |
| 1932 | 213 | #452 | — | — |
| 1931 | 209 | #445 | — | — |
| 1930 | 196 | #478 | — | — |
| 1929 | 209 | #455 | — | — |
| 1928 | 247 | #431 | — | — |
| 1927 | 234 | #454 | — | — |
| 1926 | 311 | #388 | — | — |
| 1925 | 309 | #390 | — | — |
| 1924 | 341 | #369 | — | — |
| 1923 | 362 | #347 | — | — |
| 1922 | 341 | #353 | — | — |
| 1921 | 392 | #332 | — | — |
| 1920 | 379 | #335 | — | — |
| 1919 | 379 | #326 | — | — |
| 1918 | 397 | #320 | — | — |
| 1917 | 445 | #292 | — | — |
| 1916 | 421 | #292 | — | — |
| 1915 | 412 | #287 | — | — |
| 1914 | 375 | #268 | — | — |
| 1913 | 346 | #251 | — | — |
| 1912 | 310 | #254 | — | — |
| 1911 | 280 | #234 | — | — |
| 1910 | 278 | #229 | — | — |
| 1909 | 271 | #212 | — | — |
| 1908 | 260 | #208 | — | — |
| 1907 | 285 | #190 | — | — |
| 1906 | 260 | #190 | — | — |
| 1905 | 311 | #168 | — | — |
| 1904 | 294 | #169 | — | — |
| 1903 | 247 | #185 | — | — |
| 1902 | 301 | #164 | — | — |
| 1901 | 317 | #155 | — | — |
| 1900 | 377 | #154 | — | — |
| 1899 | 326 | #144 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1898 | 371 | #137 | — | — |
| 1897 | 354 | #136 | — | — |
| 1896 | 367 | #129 | — | — |
| 1895 | 431 | #115 | — | — |
| 1894 | 418 | #112 | — | — |
| 1893 | 387 | #113 | — | — |
| 1892 | 455 | #102 | — | — |
| 1891 | 371 | #105 | — | — |
| 1890 | 392 | #104 | — | — |
| 1889 | 413 | #97 | — | — |
| 1888 | 404 | #97 | — | — |
| 1887 | 338 | #96 | — | — |
| 1886 | 370 | #91 | — | — |
| 1885 | 339 | #90 | — | — |
| 1884 | 337 | #92 | — | — |
| 1883 | 287 | #94 | — | — |
| 1882 | 288 | #91 | — | — |
| 1881 | 263 | #87 | — | — |
| 1880 | 241 | #89 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).