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Amil

#5,869 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Worker, doer

Amil has been given to 1,246 babies in the U.S. since 1886. In 2025 it ranked #5,869 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2020, with 40 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 79% boys, 21% girls all-time.

Babies named Amil, 2025

1 in 221,000

Amil over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Amil went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18862025

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.

Amil: meaning, origin, and history

Worker, doer

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Amil means

Amil means “worker, doer”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 982 boys were recorded with the name Amil between 1886 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 40 in 2020; its best national rank was #971 in 1886.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,928 in 2020 to #5,869 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,723 in 2015 to #5,869 in 2025.

In the United States, 264 girls were recorded with the name Amil between 1923 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 48 in 2000; its best national rank was #2,939 in 2000.

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.

How common is Amil?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 221,000
15 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 114,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#5,869
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
153,194 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Amil 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 153,194 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Amil. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Amils were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Amil was born before 2001 — so the typical Amil is around 24 today.

Median birth year
2001
About 24 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
19.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
50.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
677
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 19.2% of all recorded uses (189).

Is Amil 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
−1,545
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,941
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,146
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.75×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
37.5%
Peak was 2020 (40)
Years since peak
5
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#971
1886

Spellings of Amil

Amil is not the most common spelling — Neil is, with 11.4% against Amil's 0.11%.

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 Amil is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Amil was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,732,056 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Michigan1 in —
  4. 4New York1 in —
  5. 5Pennsylvania1 in —
  6. 6Texas1 in —

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. Amil has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Amil is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Amil was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 746,298 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in —
  2. 2Virginia1 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. Amil has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Amil around the world

Where Amil 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
    1996–2023
    #4,108
    in 2023
  • France
    2002–2024
    #4,230
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Amil by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,869
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,941
Best rank ever
#971
1886
Peak year
2020
40 that year
First recorded
1886
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
982
Count in 2025
15

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,939
2000
Peak year
2000
48 that year
First recorded
1923
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
264
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Amil

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

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Sibling names for Amil

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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