Boys' name · since 1998

Amarius

417 babies named Amarius in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#8,799 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#8,582 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
417
born since 1998
2000s
peak decade

Amarius currently ranks #8582 among boys' names in America, with 417 babies recorded since 1998.

Amarius has 417 recorded births among boys since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8582 as of the latest data, more common than 38% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.

  • #8,799 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #8,582 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 417 born since 1998
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amarius ranks #8,799 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,582 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 417 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.

#8,799 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#8,582 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
417
born since 1998
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%38.3%
Amarius vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Amarius's 417 recorded births place it above 80.62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.

How Amarius compares

417 Top 48% higher than 52% of 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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

Amarius's all-time total is 13% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Amarius Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 417 369 358,536
Peak-year births 28 34 22,252

Amarius's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Amarius's full recorded timeline at 2012, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 28 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Amarius popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2015)
28
Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
0102030 19982002200620102014201820222025 9

Amarius by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (164 births, 39% of the file).

2000s was Amarius's strongest decade.

164 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.

Amarius births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 164 births (39% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Amarius by state

Where Amarius concentrates geographically, total births since 1998

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Amarius
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Georgia
6 1.4%
Georgia share of Amarius's total US births 1.4%

6 of 417 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Amarius?
Since 1998, Social Security records show 417 babies named Amarius. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #8,799 of 45,481 boys' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #8,582 of 13,930 among boys. Its busiest year on record was 2015, with 28 births.
Where does Amarius sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amarius ranks #8,799 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,582 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Amarius most popular?
Amarius was most popular in the 2000s decade with 164 total births. The single peak year was 2015.
Where is Amarius most popular?
The top states for the name Amarius are Georgia (6 births).
How long has the name Amarius been used?
The SSA has tracked Amarius since 1998 -- 28 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Amarius?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Amari, Amare, Amar, Amado, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Amarius's data

  • Amarius's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (164 total births) through the 2020s (78) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • Georgia records the most Amariuss (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Amarius

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Amarius: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1998–2025 (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 Amarius 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.