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How popular is the name Amos?

Births per year, rank history and how many Amoses are alive today.

Amos (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 687th in 2025 with 52 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2022, when 75 babies were given the name, the 524th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 737 in 2024 before climbing back to the 687th place it holds today. Numbers have been falling in recent years.

The Amos you are most likely to meet is around 4 years old. Half of all Amoses born in England and Wales are between 5 and 17, and there are at least 1,100 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Amos - on average, only one in every 276 such rooms contains a Amos.

How many babies are named Amos each year?

0204060200020201996: 101997: 111998: 81999: 102000: 132001: 92002: 142003: 152004: 92005: 272006: 242007: 252008: 242009: 282010: 382011: 282012: 322013: 322014: 442015: 472016: 512017: 482018: 582019: 522020: 682021: 652022: 752023: 742024: 472025: 52actual

Where does Amos rank among boys' names?

1101001,0002,000200020201996: ranked 1,2351997: ranked 1,1741998: ranked 1,4851999: ranked 1,2812000: ranked 1,0962001: ranked 1,4672002: ranked 1,1282003: ranked 1,1322004: ranked 1,7322005: ranked 8502006: ranked 9602007: ranked 9872008: ranked 1,0482009: ranked 9442010: ranked 7742011: ranked 9762012: ranked 9272013: ranked 9102014: ranked 7302015: ranked 7022016: ranked 6812017: ranked 7192018: ranked 6192019: ranked 6632020: ranked 5442021: ranked 5842022: ranked 5242023: ranked 5252024: ranked 7372025: ranked 687

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.

Chart: babies named Amos per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 75 in 2022
Amos: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Amos most popular?

Amos peaked in 2022, when 75 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Amos?

At least 1,100 people named Amos born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Amos?

Most living Amoses are between 5 and 17; the most common age is about 4.

Is Amos becoming more or less popular?

Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.






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