Girls' name · since 1928
Amarylis
Amarylis has 148 recorded births since 1928 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,878 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 148
- born since 1928
- 2000s
- peak decade
Amarylis sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 148 recorded since 1928.
Amarylis has 148 recorded births among girls since 1928, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1928 to 2024.
- #22,878 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 148 born since 1928
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amarylis ranks #22,878 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 148 born since 1928, peaking in the 2000s.
- #22,878 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 148
- born since 1928
- 2000s
- peak decade
Amarylis's 148 recorded births place it above 68.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Amarylis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Amarylis splits its recorded history at 2005: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1928 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Amarylis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1928–2024
- Peak year (2007)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 97 years of records
Amarylis by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (59 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Amarylis's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Amarylis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
29 births
- 2000s
2000s
59 births
- 2010s
2010s
30 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 59 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Amarylis's decade-level peak was the 2000s (59 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1928–2024 (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 Amarylis 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.