Amethyst
#2,616 most common girls' name of all time · #4,460 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1967–2025
Rank among girls
#2,616
Rank overall
#4,460 of 105,966
First appeared
1967
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
4,576
Since 2016
1,907
Peak year
2022 #1,071
Best rank
#1,071 2022
Girls
Boys
peak 240/yr
Amethyst 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 | 181 | — | 181 | #1,245 |
| 2024 | 176 | — | 176 | #1,311 |
| 2023 | 206 | 6 | 212 | #1,172 |
| 2022 | 235 | 5 | 240 | #1,071 |
| 2021 | 215 | 5 | 220 | #1,143 |
| 2020 | 184 | — | 184 | #1,240 |
| 2019 | 189 | — | 189 | #1,242 |
| 2018 | 168 | — | 168 | #1,344 |
| 2017 | 177 | — | 177 | #1,320 |
| 2016 | 160 | — | 160 | #1,443 |
| 2015 | 128 | — | 128 | #1,675 |
| 2014 | 95 | — | 95 | #2,059 |
| 2013 | 55 | — | 55 | #3,028 |
| 2012 | 75 | — | 75 | #2,461 |
| 2011 | 62 | — | 62 | #2,808 |
| 2010 | 62 | — | 62 | #2,814 |
| 2009 | 62 | — | 62 | #2,842 |
| 2008 | 47 | — | 47 | #3,491 |
| 2007 | 70 | — | 70 | #2,632 |
| 2006 | 88 | — | 88 | #2,200 |
| 2005 | 77 | — | 77 | #2,330 |
| 2004 | 97 | — | 97 | #1,935 |
| 2003 | 105 | — | 105 | #1,796 |
| 2002 | 98 | — | 98 | #1,832 |
| 2001 | 95 | — | 95 | #1,855 |
| 2000 | 95 | — | 95 | #1,825 |
| 1999 | 102 | — | 102 | #1,641 |
| 1998 | 96 | — | 96 | #1,672 |
| 1997 | 103 | — | 103 | #1,570 |
| 1996 | 89 | — | 89 | #1,704 |
| 1995 | 88 | — | 88 | #1,678 |
| 1994 | 87 | — | 87 | #1,712 |
| 1993 | 88 | — | 88 | #1,702 |
| 1992 | 92 | — | 92 | #1,659 |
| 1991 | 76 | — | 76 | #1,868 |
| 1990 | 76 | — | 76 | #1,875 |
| 1989 | 64 | — | 64 | #1,991 |
| 1988 | 51 | — | 51 | #2,239 |
| 1987 | 30 | — | 30 | #3,150 |
| 1986 | 37 | — | 37 | #2,663 |
| 1985 | 32 | — | 32 | #2,914 |
| 1984 | 37 | — | 37 | #2,557 |
| 1983 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,229 |
| 1982 | 33 | — | 33 | #2,814 |
| 1981 | 21 | — | 21 | #3,830 |
| 1980 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,691 |
| 1979 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,766 |
| 1978 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,846 |
| 1977 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,586 |
| 1976 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,312 |
| 1975 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,919 |
| 1974 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,108 |
| 1973 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,487 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,111 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,358 |
| 1968 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,901 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,650 |