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Amar

#1,388 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Undying, immortal, imperishable

Amar has been given to 5,334 babies in the U.S. since 1967. In 2025 it ranked #1,388 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 178 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% boys, 6% girls all-time.

Babies named Amar, 2025

1 in 25,100

Amar over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Amar over time

In 2025, Amar went to 11% girls and 89% boys.

19672025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Amar: meaning, origin, and history

Undying, immortal, imperishable

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Amar means

Amar means “undying, immortal, imperishable”, associated with amara.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Borrowed from Sanskrit अमर (amara, “undying, immortal, imperishable”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Amar (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Amar is used in English and Serbo-Croatian.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Amar is pronounced /ˈɑ.mɑɹ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,989 boys were recorded with the name Amar between 1967 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 178 in 2023; its best national rank was #1,102 in 2003.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,281 in 2020 to #1,388 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,174 in 2015 to #1,388 in 2025.

In the United States, 345 girls were recorded with the name Amar between 1990 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 24 in 2017; its best national rank was #5,356 in 2017.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #7,997 in 2020 to #6,559 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,481 in 2015 to #6,559 in 2025.

How common is Amar?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 25,100
132 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 12,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,388
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
17,409 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Amar sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 17,409 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Amar. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Amars were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Amar was born before 2009 — so the typical Amar is around 16 today.

Median birth year
2009
About 16 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
29.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
71.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,989
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 29.5% of all recorded uses (1,472).

Is Amar rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−147
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−107
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−214
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.84×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
74.2%
Peak was 2023 (178)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
10.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,102
2003

Spellings of Amar

Amar is not the most common spelling — Mark is, with 41.1% against Amar's 0.15%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Amar is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Amar was most concentrated in Minnesota — about 1 in 5,263 boys, against 1 in 11,215 across all states with data. It was least common in Arizona (1 in 100,000).

119 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Minnesota1 in 5,263
  2. 2New York1 in 5,263
  3. 3District of Columbia1 in 5,882
  4. 4Georgia1 in 6,250
  5. 5Michigan1 in 6,667
  6. 6Illinois1 in 7,143
  7. 7Missouri1 in 7,692
  8. 8Florida1 in 8,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Amar is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Amar was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,227,281 across all states with data. It was least common in Michigan (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Michigan1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Amar has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Amar around the world

Where Amar ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #658
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1981–2025
    #647
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2012–2024
    #785
    in 2024
  • France
    1927–2025
    #574
    in 2025
  • Norway
    1880–2025
    #393
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #857
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1983–2009
    #708
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Norway, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Amar

People whose public names include Amar, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Amar in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Amar. Linked forms have their own page here.

OmarAimarAmariAmaroAmaru

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Amar by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,388
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 107
Best rank ever
#1,102
2003
Peak year
2023
178 that year
First recorded
1967
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,989
Count in 2025
132

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#6,559
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,438
Best rank ever
#5,356
2017
Peak year
2017
24 that year
First recorded
1990
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
345
Count in 2025
17

Names similar to Amar

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

AmanAmadoAmareAmaniUmarAmadorAmaanAmauriAmarionAmaruAmayAmadeoAmmarAmalAmariAmauryOsmarAmandoAmadouJomarShamarLemarAmareeAmaar

Names with a curve like Amar

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Amar, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

SamiJaiEamonShlomoAvrohomTorinAvrahamYaakovRishiBilalSladeYisroel

Sibling names for Amar

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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