Amanda
Amanda was given to 601 girls in 2025, #493 among girls’ names; 792,774 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 746,000 Americans named Amanda and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (94% of everyone recorded); the median is 40 years old and half are between 34 and 45.
Amanda is the #16 most common first name among living American women and girls, by this estimate.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Amanda by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Amanda mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Amanda is “a female given name from Latin.” Its etymology gives the senses “to love” (amāre) and “who/which is to be loved” (meaning).
Derived from Latin Amanda, feminine form of the saint’s name Amandus, from amandus, future passive participle of amāre (“to love”): thus meaning “who/which is to be loved”. Taken into regular use as an English given name from 18th-century literature. Doublet of Aimee.
/əˈmændə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Amanda?
#493 among girls’ names, 2025
Amanda fell from #313 in 2015 to #493 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.58 to 0.37 per 1,000.
41,909 babies in 1987, the peak
Amanda peaked in 1987, when 41,909 babies were given it (41,786 girls, #3 among girls’ names). The 601 births of 2025 are 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 601 | #493 | 0.37 |
| 2024 | 621 | #495 | 0.38 |
| 2023 | 636 | #483 | 0.40 |
| 2022 | 691 | #459 | 0.42 |
| 2021 | 660 | #474 | 0.40 |
| 2020 | 695 | #444 | 0.43 |
| 2019 | 770 | #405 | 0.46 |
| 2018 | 855 | #368 | 0.50 |
| 2017 | 968 | #335 | 0.56 |
| 2016 | 1,005 | #326 | 0.57 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,034 | #313 | 0.58 |
| 2014 | 1,060 | #310 | 0.59 |
| 2013 | 1,076 | #297 | 0.61 |
| 2012 | 1,236 | #262 | 0.70 |
| 2011 | 1,413 | #224 | 0.80 |
| 2010 | 1,664 | #188 | 0.94 |
| 2009 | 1,963 | #165 | 1.1 |
| 2008 | 2,451 | #137 | 1.3 |
| 2007 | 3,051 | #111 | 1.6 |
| 2006 | 3,362 | #100 | 1.8 |
| 2005 | 4,099 | #79 | 2.2 |
| 2004 | 4,697 | #67 | 2.6 |
| 2003 | 5,354 | #54 | 2.9 |
| 2002 | 6,145 | #46 | 3.4 |
| 2001 | 6,980 | #39 | 3.9 |
| 2000 | 8,558 | #32 | 4.7 |
| 1999 | 9,750 | #22 | 5.5 |
| 1998 | 10,928 | #19 | 6.2 |
| 1997 | 12,243 | #16 | 7.0 |
| 1996 | 13,980 | #13 | 8.0 |
| 1995 | 16,354 | #9 | 9.3 |
| 1994 | 18,718 | #8 | 10.5 |
| 1993 | 20,811 | #8 | 11.5 |
| 1992 | 25,039 | #3 | 13.6 |
| 1991 | 28,896 | #4 | 15.4 |
| 1990 | 34,413 | #4 | 18.1 |
| 1989 | 36,834 | #4 | 20.0 |
| 1988 | 39,459 | #3 | 22.2 |
| 1987 | 41,786 | #3 | 24.0 |
| 1986 | 40,532 | #3 | 23.6 |
| 1985 | 39,055 | #4 | 22.7 |
| 1984 | 33,915 | #4 | 20.1 |
| 1983 | 33,749 | #3 | 20.2 |
| 1982 | 34,214 | #3 | 20.2 |
| 1981 | 34,372 | #3 | 20.6 |
| 1980 | 35,811 | #2 | 21.6 |
| 1979 | 31,924 | #3 | 19.9 |
| 1978 | 20,520 | #6 | 13.4 |
| 1977 | 18,278 | #9 | 11.9 |
| 1976 | 15,588 | #10 | 10.6 |
| 1975 | 12,657 | #14 | 8.7 |
| 1974 | 7,473 | #34 | 5.1 |
| 1973 | 5,625 | #51 | 3.9 |
| 1972 | 4,180 | #76 | 2.7 |
| 1971 | 4,130 | #84 | 2.5 |
| 1970 | 3,545 | #108 | 2.0 |
| 1969 | 2,815 | #122 | 1.7 |
| 1968 | 2,431 | #132 | 1.5 |
| 1967 | 2,660 | #131 | 1.6 |
| 1966 | 2,331 | #148 | 1.4 |
| 1965 | 1,649 | #201 | 0.93 |
| 1964 | 1,276 | #245 | 0.67 |
| 1963 | 1,032 | #283 | 0.54 |
| 1962 | 948 | #300 | 0.48 |
| 1961 | 1,056 | #283 | 0.52 |
| 1960 | 978 | #296 | 0.48 |
| 1959 | 858 | #317 | 0.42 |
| 1958 | 791 | #335 | 0.39 |
| 1957 | 670 | #351 | 0.33 |
| 1956 | 639 | #346 | 0.32 |
| 1955 | 453 | #414 | 0.23 |
| 1954 | 428 | #418 | 0.22 |
| 1953 | 427 | #417 | 0.23 |
| 1952 | 416 | #413 | 0.22 |
| 1951 | 409 | #410 | 0.23 |
| 1950 | 380 | #409 | 0.22 |
| 1949 | 333 | #433 | 0.19 |
| 1948 | 306 | #457 | 0.18 |
| 1947 | 310 | #464 | 0.17 |
| 1946 | 273 | #476 | 0.17 |
| 1945 | 280 | #425 | 0.21 |
| 1944 | 237 | #467 | 0.18 |
| 1943 | 284 | #439 | 0.20 |
| 1942 | 295 | #416 | 0.22 |
| 1941 | 223 | #468 | 0.18 |
| 1940 | 218 | #453 | 0.19 |
| 1939 | 185 | #491 | 0.17 |
| 1938 | 192 | #479 | 0.17 |
| 1937 | 176 | #496 | 0.17 |
| 1936 | 192 | #465 | 0.18 |
| 1935 | 213 | #442 | 0.20 |
| 1934 | 189 | #468 | 0.18 |
| 1933 | 200 | #464 | 0.20 |
| 1932 | 213 | #452 | 0.20 |
| 1931 | 209 | #445 | 0.20 |
| 1930 | 196 | #478 | 0.17 |
| 1929 | 209 | #455 | 0.19 |
| 1928 | 247 | #431 | 0.21 |
| 1927 | 234 | #454 | 0.20 |
| 1926 | 311 | #388 | 0.26 |
| 1925 | 309 | #390 | 0.25 |
| 1924 | 341 | #369 | 0.27 |
| 1923 | 362 | #347 | 0.30 |
| 1922 | 341 | #353 | 0.28 |
| 1921 | 392 | #332 | 0.32 |
| 1920 | 379 | #335 | 0.32 |
| 1919 | 379 | #326 | 0.34 |
| 1918 | 397 | #320 | 0.34 |
| 1917 | 445 | #292 | 0.41 |
| 1916 | 421 | #292 | 0.40 |
| 1915 | 412 | #287 | 0.42 |
| 1914 | 375 | #268 | 0.49 |
| 1913 | 346 | #251 | 0.55 |
| 1912 | 310 | #254 | 0.56 |
| 1911 | 280 | #234 | 0.67 |
| 1910 | 278 | #229 | 0.70 |
| 1909 | 271 | #212 | 0.78 |
| 1908 | 260 | #208 | 0.78 |
| 1907 | 285 | #190 | 0.89 |
| 1906 | 260 | #190 | 0.88 |
| 1905 | 311 | #168 | 1.1 |
| 1904 | 294 | #169 | 1.1 |
| 1903 | 247 | #185 | 0.94 |
| 1902 | 301 | #164 | 1.1 |
| 1901 | 317 | #155 | 1.3 |
| 1900 | 377 | #154 | 1.3 |
| 1899 | 326 | #144 | 1.4 |
| 1898 | 371 | #137 | 1.4 |
| 1897 | 354 | #136 | 1.5 |
| 1896 | 367 | #129 | 1.5 |
| 1895 | 431 | #115 | 1.8 |
| 1894 | 418 | #112 | 1.9 |
| 1893 | 387 | #113 | 1.8 |
| 1892 | 455 | #102 | 2.1 |
| 1891 | 371 | #105 | 2.0 |
| 1890 | 392 | #104 | 2.1 |
| 1889 | 413 | #97 | 2.3 |
| 1888 | 404 | #97 | 2.3 |
| 1887 | 338 | #96 | 2.3 |
| 1886 | 370 | #91 | 2.6 |
| 1885 | 339 | #90 | 2.5 |
| 1884 | 337 | #92 | 2.6 |
| 1883 | 287 | #94 | 2.6 |
| 1882 | 288 | #91 | 2.7 |
| 1881 | 263 | #87 | 2.9 |
| 1880 | 241 | #89 | 2.6 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Amanda a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Amanda has been given almost only to girls: 2,136 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Amanda: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Amanda, and how old are they?
746,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 94% of the 792,774 Americans ever recorded as Amanda. The median Amanda alive today is 40 years old; half are between 34 and 45.
The 2020 Census counted 698,989 people named Amanda (698,371 women and girls, 618 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 750,759 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,230 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 9,680 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 163,000 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 479,000 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 83,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 10,600 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Amanda born?
The states with the most babies named Amanda are Texas, California and Florida, with 37% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 82 | #407 | 1.0× |
| California | 71 | #474 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 53 | #343 | 1.1× |
| New York | 44 | #390 | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 40 | #271 | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 23 | #473 | 1.1× |
| Georgia | 23 | #490 | 1.1× |
| North Carolina | 17 | #602 | 1.1× |
| New Jersey | 17 | #448 | 0.9× |
| Missouri | 16 | #374 | 1.0× |
Where Amanda is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Amanda is most over-represented in Kentucky: since 1910 it was given 1.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Amanda with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 793,711 babies since 1880, Amanda is the most given (100% of them). In 2025 it was given to 601 of their 601 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Amanda
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Amanda and names like it
- Compare Amanda and AmanadaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sAmanda peaked in 1987.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Amanda since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Amanda: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1987The year the most babies were named Amanda.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Amanda alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with AMost given first.