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How popular is the name Amethyst?
Births per year, rank history and how many Amethysts are alive today.
Amethyst (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 4844th in 2024 and given to 4 babies. The name peaked in 2023, when 10 babies were given the name, the 2504th most popular that year. It has declined since 2023; the 2024 figure is roughly 40% of its peak.
The Amethyst you are most likely to meet is around 3 years old - or else around 15: the name has two living generations. Half of all Amethysts born in England and Wales are between 8 and 27, and there are at least 150 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Amethyst - on average, only one in every 2,100 such rooms contains a Amethyst.
How many babies are named Amethyst each year?
Where does Amethyst rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Amethyst most popular?
Amethyst peaked in 2023, when 10 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Amethyst?
At least 150 people named Amethyst born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Amethyst?
Most living Amethysts are between 8 and 27; the most common age is about 3. There is a second cluster around 15.
Is Amethyst becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.