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Amare

#2,333 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Amari

Amare has been given to 6,536 babies in the U.S. since 1997. In 2025 it ranked #2,333 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 639 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% boys, 6% girls all-time.

Babies named Amare, 2025

1 in 56,200

Amare over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Amare over time

In 2025, Amare went to 8% girls and 92% boys.

19972025

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.

Amare: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Amari

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Amare means

Amare is a variant of Amari.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Amare → Amari → 余り. The family’s meaning is “over, more than, a little more than, plus, upwards of”, recorded in Japanese with the source elements 余り.

Origin, language, and formation

Amare is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Amari.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,150 boys were recorded with the name Amare between 1997 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 639 in 2011; its best national rank was #427 in 2011.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,173 in 2020 to #2,333 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #831 in 2015 to #2,333 in 2025.

In the United States, 386 girls were recorded with the name Amare between 1997 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 28 in 2012; its best national rank was #4,973 in 2012.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #11,154 in 2020 to #15,072 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,041 in 2015 to #15,072 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Amare?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 56,200
59 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 28,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,333
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
38,949 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Amare 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 38,949 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Amare. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Amares were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Amare was born before 2011 — so the typical Amare is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
55.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
99.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
6,150
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 55.3% of all recorded uses (3,401).

Is Amare 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
−254
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,160
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,502
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.22×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
9.2%
Peak was 2011 (639)
Years since peak
14
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#427
2011

Spellings of Amare

Amare is not the most common spelling — Mark is, with 67.2% against Amare's 0.30%.

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 Amare is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Amare was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 5,556 boys, against 1 in 12,855 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in 100,000).

118 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 5,556
  2. 2Delaware1 in 6,250
  3. 3Maryland1 in 6,667
  4. 4District of Columbia1 in 7,143
  5. 5New York1 in 7,143
  6. 6Connecticut1 in 7,692
  7. 7Louisiana1 in 7,692
  8. 8North Carolina1 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 Amare is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Amare was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,626,889 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in —
  2. 2New York1 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. Amare has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Amare around the world

Where Amare 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
    2004–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2003–2024
    #3,231
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2010–2010
    #754
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Amare by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,333
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,160
Best rank ever
#427
2011
Peak year
2011
639 that year
First recorded
1997
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,150
Count in 2025
59

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#15,072
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 3,918
Best rank ever
#4,973
2012
Peak year
2012
28 that year
First recorded
1997
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
386
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Amare

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

AmadoAmaniAmarAmadorAmariAmanAmaanAmauriAmarionAmaruAmadeoAmauryAmandoAmadouAmareeAmaarAmadeusAmariiAmarisAmaraAmandaAmaziAmaisClare

Names with a curve like Amare

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

AidynGaugeHarperKaedenAydinDeeganKymaniAydanZadenTeaganGiovaniIzayah

Sibling names for Amare

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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