Amor — #1435 US unisex name
2,131 babies named Amor in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 92% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Amor was born in this single decade.
154 babies were named Amor in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Amor
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,131 babies named Amor between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Amor currently holds the #1435 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 154 babies received it in a single year. Amor is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 654 additional births since 1912.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Amor performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 895 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Amor shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 254 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Amor in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Amor 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 2,131 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.
Amor at a glance
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Current rank
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Amor popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1972
- Peak year (2024)
- 154
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
Currently ranks #1435 among girls.
2,131 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 154 births in a single year.
Amor popularity over time — boys
654 total births recorded since 1912 (Amor as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Amor accounts for 23% of total recorded use across both genders.
Amor by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 895 births that decade — 42% of Amor's all-time total
Amor decade highlights
- Peak decade 895 births
- Runner-up 710 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Amor's strongest decade
895 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Amor by state
Where Amor concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 254 | 11.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 182 | 8.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 140 | 6.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 93 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 86 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 85 | 4.0% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 74 | 3.5% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 49 | 2.3% |
254 of 2,131 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 11.9% of nationwide
- Texas 8.5% of nationwide
- Florida 6.6% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.4% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 18 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Amor appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1972–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.