Amar*
#1,679 most common boys' name of all time · #4,059 across all names · 94% male / 6% female · used 1967–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#1,679
Rank overall
#4,059 of 105,966
First appeared
1967
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
5,334
Since 2016
1,688
Peak year
2023 #1,164
Best rank
#1,107 2003
Girls
Boys
peak 196/yr
Amar first appears in 1967. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | 132 | 149 | #1,391 |
| 2024 | 16 | 160 | 176 | #1,242 |
| 2023 | 18 | 178 | 196 | #1,164 |
| 2022 | 22 | 133 | 155 | #1,400 |
| 2021 | 15 | 171 | 186 | #1,162 |
| 2020 | 13 | 143 | 156 | #1,280 |
| 2019 | 13 | 167 | 180 | #1,164 |
| 2018 | 13 | 143 | 156 | #1,285 |
| 2017 | 24 | 156 | 180 | #1,192 |
| 2016 | 15 | 139 | 154 | #1,306 |
| 2015 | 13 | 158 | 171 | #1,178 |
| 2014 | 16 | 155 | 171 | #1,193 |
| 2013 | 18 | 145 | 163 | #1,233 |
| 2012 | 12 | 144 | 156 | #1,233 |
| 2011 | 7 | 138 | 145 | #1,253 |
| 2010 | 5 | 127 | 132 | #1,342 |
| 2009 | 6 | 125 | 131 | #1,373 |
| 2008 | 5 | 135 | 140 | #1,291 |
| 2007 | 7 | 140 | 147 | #1,261 |
| 2006 | 6 | 138 | 144 | #1,220 |
| 2005 | 11 | 147 | 158 | #1,120 |
| 2004 | 7 | 135 | 142 | #1,159 |
| 2003 | 9 | 139 | 148 | #1,107 |
| 2002 | — | 115 | 115 | #1,208 |
| 2001 | 10 | 110 | 120 | #1,220 |
| 2000 | 12 | 88 | 100 | #1,416 |
| 1999 | 9 | 79 | 88 | #1,464 |
| 1998 | 6 | 91 | 97 | #1,319 |
| 1997 | — | 59 | 59 | #1,679 |
| 1996 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,752 |
| 1995 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,857 |
| 1994 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,704 |
| 1993 | 5 | 32 | 37 | #2,383 |
| 1992 | 5 | 42 | 47 | #1,944 |
| 1991 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,815 |
| 1990 | 10 | 55 | 65 | #1,541 |
| 1989 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,913 |
| 1988 | — | 58 | 58 | #1,367 |
| 1987 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,481 |
| 1986 | — | 55 | 55 | #1,330 |
| 1985 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,368 |
| 1984 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,344 |
| 1983 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,294 |
| 1982 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,592 |
| 1981 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,290 |
| 1980 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,270 |
| 1979 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,708 |
| 1978 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,323 |
| 1977 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,943 |
| 1976 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,534 |
| 1975 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,527 |
| 1974 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,826 |
| 1973 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,973 |
| 1972 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,523 |
| 1971 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,778 |
| 1970 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,268 |
| 1968 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,648 |
| 1967 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,977 |