Unisex name · since 2003
Amazing
291 babies named Amazing in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,159 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,058 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 291
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
291 babies have been named Amazing since 2003, making it today's #6058 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amazing has been recorded 291 times among girls since 2003, currently ranked #6058 nationally and more common than 65% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #16,159 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,058 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 291 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amazing ranks #16,159 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,058 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 291 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,159 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,058 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 291
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Amazing's 291 recorded births place it above 77.62% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Amazing compares
291 44th percentile among 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
Amazing's all-time total is 23% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Amazing | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 291 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 21 | 19,840 |
Amazing's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Amazing splits its recorded history at 2015: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2005 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2019 peak of 26 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Amazing popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Amazing popularity over time - boys
34 total births recorded since 2015 (Amazing as boys' name)
Amazing by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (154 births, 53% of the file).
2010s was Amazing's strongest decade.
154 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Amazing births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 39
2000s
39 births
- 2010s
2010s
154 births
- 2020s
2020s
98 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 154 births (53% of all-time use).
Amazing by state
Where Amazing concentrates geographically, total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.7% |
5 of 291 births nationwide.
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What to do with Amazing's data
- Amazing's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (154 total births) through the 2020s (98) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Amazings (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Amazing: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~22 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, 2003–2025 (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 Amazing 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.