Amethyst — #1323 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Amethyst

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,376 babies named Amethyst between 1967 and 2024, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Amethyst currently holds the #1323 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 235 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Amethyst performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,171 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Amethyst shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 634 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Amethyst in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Amethyst in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,376 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.