Amartya

#10,765 in 2025Boys' name

Transliteration of অমর

Amartya has been given to 41 babies in the U.S. since 2005. In 2025 it ranked #10,765 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2005, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Amartya, 2025

1 in 553,000

Amartya over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Amartya: meaning, origin, and history

Transliteration of অমর

Sanskrit

What Amartya means

Amartya is a transliteration of অমর.

Origin, language, and formation

Amartya is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

Amartya comes through Bengali অমর্ত্য.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include অমর.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 41 boys were recorded with the name Amartya between 2005 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2005; its best national rank was #9,167 in 2005.

Over 10 years its rank fell, from #9,623 in 2015 to #10,765 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.

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How common is Amartya?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 553,000; 6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 285,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #10,765; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 382,984 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Amartya 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 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Amartya. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Amartyas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Amartya was born before 2014 — so the typical Amartya is around 11 today.

Median birth year: 2014; About 11 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 56.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 41; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 56.1% of all recorded uses (23).

Is Amartya 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: −1,142; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.86×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 85.7%; Peak was 2005 (7)
Years since peak: 20; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 18.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,167; 2005

Spellings of Amartya

Amartya is not the most common spelling — Marty is, with 88.4% against Amartya's 0.11%.

Marty88.4%32,180
Martha5.5%1,991
Agastya4.4%1,608
Martyn1.6%566
Amartya0.11%41

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.

Amartya by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #10,765
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #9,167; 2005
Peak year: 2005; 7 that year
First recorded: 2005
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 41
Count in 2025: 6

Names similar to Amartya

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

Amazing Amariah Amancio Amareon Amariyon Agustya Amarious Amaias Amaari Amahri Amavi Amandus Amael Amauris Amario Amaurie Amarre Amarr Amajae Amarien Achintya Amaurion Amanti Amarey

Sibling names for Amartya

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

For a sister

Sydnie Sydni Shyann Gabriel Shakira Cydney Jacquelin Madisen

For a brother

Kale Jarod Keven Zakary Garret Samual Donavon Shamar

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