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Amory

#7,218 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Vigor, bravery + ruler

Amory has been given to 1,309 babies in the U.S. since 1915. In 2025 it ranked #7,218 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 39 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 52% boys, 48% girls all-time.

Babies named Amory, 2025

1 in 301,000

Amory over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Amory went to 42% girls and 58% boys.

19152025

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.

Amory: meaning, origin, and history

Vigor, bravery + ruler

Germanic languages

What Amory means

Amory means “vigor, bravery + ruler”, associated with amal- and rīks.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Medieval personal name from Proto-Germanic *amal- (“vigor, bravery”) + *rīks (“ruler”). For the first element, compare *ammōną (“to bother, irritate”).

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

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Origin, language, and formation

Amory is used in English. Its origins include Germanic languages.

Amory comes through Proto-Germanic *amal-.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 679 boys were recorded with the name Amory between 1915 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 39 in 2019; its best national rank was #3,024 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,024 in 2020 to #7,218 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,299 in 2015 to #7,218 in 2025.

In the United States, 630 girls were recorded with the name Amory between 1936 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 33 in 2020; its best national rank was #4,176 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,176 in 2020 to #10,996 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,477 in 2015 to #10,996 in 2025.

How common is Amory?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 301,000
11 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 155,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#7,218
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
208,901 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Amory 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 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Amory. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Amorys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Amory was born before 2012 — so the typical Amory is around 13 today.

Median birth year
2012
About 13 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
29.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
66.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
650
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 29.7% of all recorded uses (202).

Is Amory 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
−2,778
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−4,194
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,919
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.48×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
28.2%
Peak was 2019 (39)
Years since peak
6
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
31.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,024
2020

Spellings of Amory

Amory is not the most common spelling — Cory is, with 26.7% against Amory's 0.14%.

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 Amory is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Amory was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,445,555 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 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. Amory has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Amory is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Amory was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 505,245 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 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. Amory has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Amory around the world

Where Amory 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
    2003–2023
    #2,814
    in 2023
  • France
    1981–2025
    #1,328
    in 2025

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.

Amory by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,218
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 4,194
Best rank ever
#3,024
2020
Peak year
2019
39 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
679
Count in 2025
11

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#10,996
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 6,820
Best rank ever
#4,176
2020
Peak year
2020
33 that year
First recorded
1936
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
630
Count in 2025
8

Names similar to Amory

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

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Sibling names for Amory

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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