Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Amel**

#4,513 most common boys' name of all time · #11,093 across all names · 57% male / 43% female · used 1914–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#4,513
Rank overall
#11,093 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
1,106
Since 2016
260
Peak year
2000 #4,424
Best rank
#1,967 1915
Girls Boys peak 41/yr
192019401960198020002020

Amel first appears in 1914. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 16 9 25 #8,301
2024 13 9 22 #8,388
2023 11 11
2022 12 12 24 #6,873
2021 12 11 23 #7,129
2020 16 20 36 #4,725
2019 19 13 32 #6,449
2018 20 12 32 #6,754
2017 13 12 25 #6,736
2016 15 15 30 #5,821
2015 17 17 34 #5,314
2014 14 9 23 #8,188
2013 9 7 16 #9,773
2012 19 16 35 #5,508
2011 18 7 25 #9,703
2010 16 19 35 #4,870
2009 9 17 26 #5,365
2008 14 16 30 #5,512
2007 12 16 28 #5,466
2006 12 14 26 #5,822
2005 10 11 21 #6,688
2004 11 20 31 #4,288
2003 17 15 32 #5,068
2002 15 13 28 #5,440
2001 16 21 37 #3,858
2000 24 17 41 #4,424
1999 10 5 15 #10,073
1998 7 5 12 #9,785
1997 6 6 #8,262
1996 9 6 15 #8,090
1995 9 9 18 #5,988
1994 8 7 15 #7,060
1993 7 7
1992 8 8
1991 5 7 12 #6,627
1990 5 7 12 #6,532
1988 5 5 #7,434
1987 5 6 11 #6,239
1981 5 5
1980 5 5
1979 8 5 13 #6,262
1973 5 5
1952 6 6 #3,542
1949 6 6 #3,506
1946 5 5 #3,770
1944 5 5 #3,670
1942 6 6 #3,415
1940 7 7 #3,035
1937 8 8 #2,842
1934 6 6 #3,514
1933 6 6 #3,514
1929 7 7 #3,444
1928 8 8 #3,249
1927 8 8 #3,337
1926 9 9 #3,083
1925 11 11 #2,714
1924 14 14 #2,334
1923 11 11 #2,740
1922 7 7 #3,719
1921 12 12 #2,613
1920 9 9 #3,138
1919 7 7 #3,619
1918 14 14 #2,253
1917 13 13 #2,276
1916 9 9 #2,889
1915 15 15 #1,967
1914 5 5 #3,527