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Amaris

#754 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Amaris has been given to 10,168 babies in the U.S. since 1968. In 2025 it ranked #754 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 379 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% girls, 7% boys all-time.

Babies named Amaris, 2025

1 in 9,210

Amaris over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Amaris went to 85% girls and 15% boys.

19682025

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.

Amaris: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Amaris means

Amaris is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Amaris is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 9,422 girls were recorded with the name Amaris between 1968 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 379 in 2016; its best national rank was #752 in 2016.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #895 in 2020 to #754 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #791 in 2015 to #754 in 2025.

In the United States, 746 boys were recorded with the name Amaris between 1993 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 112 in 2022; its best national rank was #1,576 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,392 in 2020 to #2,183 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,514 in 2015 to #2,183 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 Amaris?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 9,210
360 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 4,460
0.02% of girls
Rank, 2025
#754
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
6,384 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Amaris sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 1001%
School of 5005%

Put another way: gather 6,384 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Amaris. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Amariss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Amaris was born before 2010 — so the typical Amaris is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
30.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
74.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
9,422
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 30.9% of all recorded uses (2,912).

Is Amaris 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
+103
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+141
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+37
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.01×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
95.0%
Peak was 2016 (379)
Years since peak
9
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
8.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#752
2016

Spellings of Amaris

Amaris is not the most common spelling — Maria is, with 39.0% against Amaris's 0.65%.

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 Amaris is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Amaris was most concentrated in New Mexico — about 1 in 725 girls, against 1 in 4,563 across all states with data. It was least common in Utah (1 in 33,333).

3138 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Mexico1 in 725
  2. 2Arizona1 in 2,500
  3. 3Texas1 in 2,703
  4. 4California1 in 3,571
  5. 5Maryland1 in 3,571
  6. 6Colorado1 in 3,846
  7. 7Florida1 in 4,000
  8. 8Illinois1 in 4,348

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.

Geographically, Amaris is one of the more regionally concentrated names in the country — more concentrated than 99% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Amaris is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Amaris was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 45,376 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in 100,000).

13 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 33,333
  2. 2Illinois1 in 33,333
  3. 3Michigan1 in 33,333
  4. 4New York1 in 33,333
  5. 5South Carolina1 in 33,333
  6. 6Texas1 in 33,333
  7. 7Georgia1 in 50,000
  8. 8Indiana1 in 50,000

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.

Amaris around the world

Where Amaris 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
    1998–2025
    #1,079
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2017–2017
    #808
    in 2017
  • France
    2003–2025
    #4,065
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,286
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1976–2011
    #840
    in 2011

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

Amaris in other languages

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

AmariAmariaAmariePromiseAmarilisAmarillisAmarilli

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

Amaris by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#754
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 141
Best rank ever
#752
2016
Peak year
2016
379 that year
First recorded
1968
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
9,422
Count in 2025
360

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,183
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 209
Best rank ever
#1,576
2022
Peak year
2022
112 that year
First recorded
1993
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
746
Count in 2025
65

Names similar to Amaris

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

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Names with a curve like Amaris

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

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Sibling names for Amaris

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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