Amos
Amos is ranked 697th among boys in 2024 (386 births). Its best rank was 105th, in 1880.
- Rank in 2024
- #697down 50 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3860.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 1922558 births
- Best rank
- #105in 1880
- Since 1880
- 36,145people given the name
The story in the numbers
36,145 boys have been named Amos in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1922, with 558 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 686 → 697).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1950, and the 1920s alone account for 14%. It has spent 142 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Amos | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,161 | |
| 1890s | 1,023 | |
| 1900s | 1,062 | |
| 1910s | 3,674 | |
| 1920s | 4,891 | |
| 1930s | 3,343 | |
| 1940s | 2,767 | |
| 1950s | 2,811 | |
| 1960s | 2,086 | |
| 1970s | 2,155 | |
| 1980s | 2,321 | |
| 1990s | 1,746 | |
| 2000s | 1,778 | |
| 2010s | 3,240 | |
| 2020s | 2,087 |
In 1922, its biggest year
Amos was the 237th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1922 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1922.
Names that rose and fell with Amos
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Henrypeak 2024
- Hendersonpeak 1918
- Luciuspeak 2022
- Hardypeak 1921
- Wileypeak 1921
- Napoleonpeak 1926
- Reubenpeak 1920
- Sanderspeak 1951
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.