Meaning not yet researched.
Amos: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 364 in 2025. Its best rank was #105 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #105 in 1880; #730 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Amos in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#730 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #105.
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Amos: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 364 boys in 2025. Peak: #105 in 1880 · most boys in one year: 558 (1922).
In 2025, 364 US boys were named Amos, making it the 730th most common boys’ name of the year, down 43 places from #687 in 2024. That is 31 fewer than the 395 boys named Amos in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #105, reached in 1880. The most boys given the name in a single year was 558, in 1922. For comparison, it was #726 in 2015 and #401 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Amos in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 128 babies with the name. In all, 36,600 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 4,923 babies named Amos.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,994 US boys were named Amos; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 464. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,693 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Amos ranked highest in Montana in 2025, at #229 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Amias (3,116 babies since 1880) and Ames (1,865 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Amish, Amais and Amyas are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Moses.
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.
Rare spellings summarised here: Amish (294), Amais (261), Amyas (122), Amous (91), Amius (36), Amyis (18), Amoz (17), Amis (10), Amose (6), Aimes (5).
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.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 24 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | 5 | #229 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 39 | #290 | #315 |
| Missouri | 21 | #318 | #490 |
| Kentucky | 14 | #345 | #430 |
| Oklahoma | 11 | #395 | #637 |
| Oregon | 9 | #398 | #340 |
| Indiana | 17 | #412 | #389 |
| Wisconsin | 10 | #486 | #770 |
| Minnesota | 10 | #514 | #637 |
| Mississippi | 5 | #526 | — |
| Kansas | 6 | #528 | — |
| Washington | 13 | #529 | #541 |
| Colorado | 10 | #538 | #788 |
| Iowa | 5 | #577 | #565 |
| North Carolina | 16 | #591 | #764 |
| Maryland | 7 | #634 | — |
| Virginia | 10 | #674 | — |
| Tennessee | 9 | #723 | #454 |
| Arizona | 8 | #723 | — |
| Ohio | 11 | #753 | #622 |
| Michigan | 8 | #831 | #1,083 |
| New York | 14 | #917 | #1,007 |
| Texas | 24 | #975 | #836 |
| California | 21 | #1,014 | #963 |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,140 | #1,080 |
| Georgia | 6 | #1,223 | #663 |
| Florida | 9 | #1,260 | #1,033 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 364 | #730 |
| 2024 | — | — | 395 | #687 |
| 2023 | — | — | 424 | #647 |
| 2022 | — | — | 450 | #620 |
| 2021 | — | — | 464 | #599 |
| 2020 | — | — | 366 | #696 |
| 2019 | — | — | 394 | #667 |
| 2018 | — | — | 396 | #647 |
| 2017 | — | — | 356 | #693 |
| 2016 | — | — | 385 | #669 |
| 2015 | — | — | 340 | #726 |
| 2014 | — | — | 367 | #686 |
| 2013 | — | — | 296 | #762 |
| 2012 | — | — | 281 | #800 |
| 2011 | — | — | 247 | #859 |
| 2010 | — | — | 181 | #1,059 |
| 2009 | — | — | 199 | #991 |
| 2008 | — | — | 181 | #1,048 |
| 2007 | — | — | 208 | #949 |
| 2006 | — | — | 160 | #1,097 |
| 2005 | — | — | 174 | #991 |
| 2004 | — | — | 175 | #957 |
| 2003 | — | — | 177 | #926 |
| 2002 | — | — | 172 | #930 |
| 2001 | — | — | 171 | #912 |
| 2000 | — | — | 171 | #907 |
| 1999 | — | — | 153 | #948 |
| 1998 | — | — | 151 | #932 |
| 1997 | — | — | 162 | #867 |
| 1996 | — | — | 142 | #922 |
| 1995 | — | — | 166 | #833 |
| 1994 | — | — | 175 | #802 |
| 1993 | — | — | 213 | #709 |
| 1992 | — | — | 188 | #757 |
| 1991 | — | — | 196 | #723 |
| 1990 | — | — | 203 | #712 |
| 1989 | — | — | 178 | #743 |
| 1988 | — | — | 225 | #635 |
| 1987 | — | — | 213 | #624 |
| 1986 | — | — | 210 | #615 |
| 1985 | — | — | 232 | #577 |
| 1984 | — | — | 258 | #536 |
| 1983 | — | — | 227 | #558 |
| 1982 | — | — | 244 | #553 |
| 1981 | — | — | 272 | #511 |
| 1980 | — | — | 262 | #531 |
| 1979 | — | — | 281 | #495 |
| 1978 | — | — | 260 | #502 |
| 1977 | — | — | 252 | #526 |
| 1976 | — | — | 216 | #549 |
| 1975 | — | — | 204 | #565 |
| 1974 | — | — | 222 | #537 |
| 1973 | — | — | 206 | #547 |
| 1972 | — | — | 158 | #625 |
| 1971 | — | — | 208 | #562 |
| 1970 | — | — | 148 | #673 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,644 | 182 | #579 |
| 1968 | — | — | 154 | #613 |
| 1967 | — | — | 189 | #543 |
| 1966 | — | — | 179 | #567 |
| 1965 | — | — | 224 | #508 |
| 1964 | — | — | 202 | #554 |
| 1963 | — | — | 209 | #550 |
| 1962 | — | — | 230 | #524 |
| 1961 | — | — | 256 | #494 |
| 1960 | — | — | 261 | #490 |
| 1959 | — | — | 260 | #486 |
| 1958 | — | — | 285 | #463 |
| 1957 | — | — | 251 | #493 |
| 1956 | — | — | 251 | #479 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,854 | 287 | #433 |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,770 | 282 | #427 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,061 | 307 | #399 |
| 1952 | — | — | 306 | #393 |
| 1951 | — | — | 294 | #397 |
| 1950 | — | — | 287 | #401 |
| 1949 | — | — | 275 | #404 |
| 1948 | — | — | 289 | #399 |
| 1947 | — | — | 305 | #392 |
| 1946 | — | — | 250 | #403 |
| 1945 | — | — | 262 | #371 |
| 1944 | — | — | 283 | #354 |
| 1943 | — | — | 280 | #368 |
| 1942 | — | — | 267 | #372 |
| 1941 | — | — | 278 | #348 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,381 | 278 | #341 |
| 1939 | — | — | 277 | #332 |
| 1938 | — | — | 296 | #321 |
| 1937 | — | — | 288 | #320 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,206 | 292 | #312 |
| 1935 | — | — | 301 | #313 |
| 1934 | — | — | 339 | #293 |
| 1933 | — | — | 345 | #285 |
| 1932 | — | — | 377 | #280 |
| 1931 | — | — | 367 | #287 |
| 1930 | — | — | 461 | #261 |
| 1929 | — | — | 377 | #288 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,751 | 439 | #270 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,707 | 523 | #247 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,872 | 454 | #268 |
| 1925 | — | — | 489 | #258 |
| 1924 | — | — | 506 | #256 |
| 1923 | — | — | 506 | #250 |
| 1922 | — | — | 558 | #237 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,135 | 546 | #240 |
| 1920 | 5 | #5,005 | 493 | #246 |
| 1919 | — | — | 523 | #231 |
| 1918 | — | — | 523 | #229 |
| 1917 | — | — | 462 | #236 |
| 1916 | — | — | 478 | #223 |
| 1915 | — | — | 474 | #219 |
| 1914 | — | — | 367 | #217 |
| 1913 | — | — | 312 | #210 |
| 1912 | — | — | 243 | #221 |
| 1911 | — | — | 168 | #182 |
| 1910 | — | — | 124 | #208 |
| 1909 | — | — | 116 | #191 |
| 1908 | — | — | 119 | #181 |
| 1907 | — | — | 125 | #173 |
| 1906 | — | — | 118 | #166 |
| 1905 | — | — | 102 | #182 |
| 1904 | — | — | 96 | #187 |
| 1903 | — | — | 83 | #191 |
| 1902 | — | — | 95 | #179 |
| 1901 | — | — | 83 | #176 |
| 1900 | — | — | 125 | #168 |
| 1899 | — | — | 79 | #179 |
| 1898 | — | — | 96 | #169 |
| 1897 | — | — | 94 | #165 |
| 1896 | — | — | 110 | #150 |
| 1895 | — | — | 96 | #162 |
| 1894 | — | — | 108 | #142 |
| 1893 | — | — | 105 | #142 |
| 1892 | — | — | 117 | #136 |
| 1891 | — | — | 104 | #132 |
| 1890 | — | — | 114 | #127 |
| 1889 | — | — | 114 | #124 |
| 1888 | — | — | 94 | #161 |
| 1887 | — | — | 104 | #126 |
| 1886 | — | — | 121 | #120 |
| 1885 | — | — | 114 | #121 |
| 1884 | — | — | 137 | #110 |
| 1883 | — | — | 113 | #114 |
| 1882 | — | — | 134 | #109 |
| 1881 | — | — | 102 | #117 |
| 1880 | — | — | 128 | #105 |
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).