Girls' name · since 1961
Amarilis
Amarilis has 747 recorded births since 1961 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,151 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,117 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 747
- born since 1961
- 1990s
- peak decade
Amarilis currently ranks #11117 among girls' names in America, with 747 babies recorded since 1961.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amarilis has been recorded 747 times among girls since 1961, currently ranked #11117 nationally and more common than 36% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 2025.
- #9,151 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,117 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 747 born since 1961
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amarilis ranks #9,151 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,117 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 747 born since 1961, peaking in the 1990s.
- #9,151 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,117 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 747
- born since 1961
- 1990s
- peak decade
Amarilis's 747 recorded births place it above 87.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Amarilis compares
747 Top 37% higher than 63% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Amarilis's all-time total is 99% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Amarilis | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 747 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 21 | 19,840 |
Amarilis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Amarilis's SSA record in two at 1995 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1961, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1990 peak of 27, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Amarilis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–2025
- Peak year (1990)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
Amarilis by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (184 births, 25% of the file).
1990s was Amarilis's strongest decade.
184 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Amarilis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 33
1960s
33 births
- 1970s
1970s
89 births
- 1980s
1980s
165 births
- 1990s
1990s
184 births
- 2000s
2000s
131 births
- 2010s
2010s
86 births
- 2020s 59
2020s
59 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 184 births (25% of all-time use).
How Amarilis compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Amarilis's total volume
Amarilis by state
Where Amarilis concentrates geographically, total births since 1961
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 76 | 10.2% |
| #2 | California | | 24 | 3.2% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 17 | 2.3% |
| #4 | Connecticut | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Texas | | 5 | 0.7% |
76 of 747 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Amarilis's data
- Amarilis's decade-level peak was the 1990s (184 total births); usage has since declined to 59 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Amariliss (76 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Amarilis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~64 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1961–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Amarilis draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.