Girls' name · since 1967
Amethyst
4,560 babies named Amethyst in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,732 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,244 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,560
- born since 1967
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Amethyst is the #1244 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 4,560 recorded since 1967.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amethyst has been recorded 4,560 times among girls since 1967, currently ranked #1244 nationally and more common than 93% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 2025.
- #2,732 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,244 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,560 born since 1967
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amethyst ranks #2,732 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,244 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,560 born since 1967, peaking in the 2020s.
- #2,732 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,244 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,560
- born since 1967
- 2020s
- peak decade
Amethyst's 4,560 recorded births place it above 96.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
30 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Amethyst compares
4,560 Top 14% higher than 86% of 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
Amethyst's all-time total is 12x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Amethyst | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,560 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 235 | 21 | 19,840 |
Amethyst's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Amethyst's full recorded timeline at 1997, 77% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 23% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1967, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 235 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Amethyst popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 235
- Annual births at peak, across 59 years of records
Amethyst popularity over time - boys
16 total births recorded since 2021 (Amethyst as boys' name)
Amethyst by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,197 births, 26% of the file).
2020s was Amethyst's strongest decade.
1,197 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Amethyst births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 16
1960s
16 births
- 1970s 100
1970s
100 births
- 1980s 345
1980s
345 births
- 1990s
1990s
897 births
- 2000s
2000s
834 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,171 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,197 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,197 births (26% of all-time use).
How Amethyst compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Amethyst's total volume
Amethyst by state
Where Amethyst concentrates geographically, total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 660 | 14.5% |
| #2 | California | | 529 | 11.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 167 | 3.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 147 | 3.2% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 79 | 1.7% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 76 | 1.7% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 64 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 60 | 1.3% |
660 of 4,560 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Amethyst appears in 30 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Amethysts (660 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Amethyst: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~58 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, 1967–2025 (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 Amethyst 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.