Amos Boy
How popular is Amos?
#730 boy name in 2025
364 baby boys were named Amos in the US in 2025, making it the 730th most popular boy name.
Amos popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #730 for boys (▼ 43 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 364 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+7% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #725 in 2015, #696 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1922 (558 boys) |
| Highest rank | #105 in 1880 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Amos counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Amos family of names ranked #543 for boys in 2025 (#550 the year before), with 528 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Amos | 364 | 69% |
| Ames | 92 | 17% |
| Amais | 67 | 13% |
| Aimes | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Amos is most popular
Babies named Amos per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Kentucky: 0.8 per 1,000 (79 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.8 per 1,000 (205 boys)
- Missouri: 0.7 per 1,000 (98 boys)
- Indiana: 0.6 per 1,000 (103 boys)
- Iowa: 0.5 per 1,000 (37 boys)
Amos by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,161 | #105 |
| 1890s | 1,023 | #127 |
| 1900s | 1,062 | #166 |
| 1910s | 3,674 | #182 |
| 1920s | 4,891 | #237 |
| 1930s | 3,343 | #261 |
| 1940s | 2,767 | #341 |
| 1950s | 2,810 | #392 |
| 1960s | 2,086 | #490 |
| 1970s | 2,155 | #495 |
| 1980s | 2,321 | #511 |
| 1990s | 1,749 | #708 |
| 2000s | 1,788 | #905 |
| 2010s | 3,243 | #647 |
| 2020s | 2,463 | #599 |
Boy names about as popular as Amos
Questions
- Is Amos a boy or girl name?
- Amos is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Amos were boys.
- How popular is the name Amos?
- 364 baby boys were named Amos in the US in 2025, making it the 730th most popular boy name.
- When was Amos most popular?
- Amos peaked in 1922, when 558 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #105 in 1880.
- How many people are named Amos?
- 36,600 babies have been named Amos in the US since 1880. We estimate about 18,902 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 38.
- Where is Amos most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Amos was most common in Kentucky, at 0.8 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.