Amen**
#2,997 most common boys' name of all time · #7,258 across all names · 58% male / 42% female · used 1975–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#2,997
Rank overall
#7,258 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
42 of 146
All-time
2,161
Since 2016
1,317
Peak year
2019 #1,895
Best rank
#1,881 2015
Girls
Boys
peak 153/yr
Amen first appears in 1975. 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 | 37 | 73 | 110 | #2,044 |
| 2024 | 48 | 69 | 117 | #2,145 |
| 2023 | 56 | 77 | 133 | #1,991 |
| 2022 | 64 | 58 | 122 | #2,424 |
| 2021 | 64 | 77 | 141 | #1,952 |
| 2020 | 82 | 65 | 147 | #2,158 |
| 2019 | 74 | 79 | 153 | #1,895 |
| 2018 | 73 | 68 | 141 | #2,094 |
| 2017 | 55 | 76 | 131 | #1,909 |
| 2016 | 50 | 72 | 122 | #2,003 |
| 2015 | 52 | 78 | 130 | #1,881 |
| 2014 | 37 | 45 | 82 | #2,687 |
| 2013 | 41 | 47 | 88 | #2,581 |
| 2012 | 36 | 35 | 71 | #3,205 |
| 2011 | 17 | 34 | 51 | #3,276 |
| 2010 | 20 | 34 | 54 | #3,274 |
| 2009 | 21 | 28 | 49 | #3,783 |
| 2008 | 18 | 15 | 33 | #5,893 |
| 2007 | 10 | 15 | 25 | #5,751 |
| 2006 | 6 | 15 | 21 | #5,623 |
| 2005 | 5 | 21 | 26 | #4,265 |
| 2004 | 6 | 24 | 30 | #3,803 |
| 2003 | 11 | 9 | 20 | #7,454 |
| 2002 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #5,890 |
| 2001 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,649 |
| 2000 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,055 |
| 1999 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #7,432 |
| 1998 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #6,535 |
| 1997 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,467 |
| 1996 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,220 |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,384 |
| 1994 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,679 |
| 1993 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,511 |
| 1991 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,728 |
| 1990 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,154 |
| 1987 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,875 |
| 1985 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,242 |
| 1983 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,929 |
| 1980 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,935 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,472 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,673 |
| 1975 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,380 |