Boys' name · since 2018
Amell
Since 2018, U.S. Social Security records show 94 babies named Amell, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,800 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,330 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 94
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Amell currently ranks #13330 among boys' names in America, with 94 babies recorded since 2018.
Social Security Administration records show Amell recorded 94 times among boys since 2018, holding rank #13330 nationally today, ahead of 4% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2018 to 2025.
- #17,800 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,330 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 94 born since 2018
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amell ranks #17,800 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,330 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 94 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,800 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,330 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 94
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Amell's 94 recorded births place it above 60.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Amell compares
94 25th percentile among 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
Amell's all-time total is 75% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Amell | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 94 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 34 | 22,252 |
Amell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Amell splits its recorded history at 2021: 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 2025 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Amell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Amell by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (66 births, 70% of the file).
2020s was Amell's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Amell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
28 births
- 2020s
2020s
66 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 66 births (70% of all-time use).
Amell by state
Where Amell concentrates geographically, total births since 2018
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 6.4% |
6 of 94 births nationwide.
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- New York records the most Amells (6 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Amell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2018–2025 (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 Amell 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.