Amos — #697 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Amos

The Social Security Administration has registered 36,145 babies named Amos between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Amos currently holds the #697 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 558 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Amos performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 4,891 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Amos shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 3,147 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Amos in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Amos 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 36,145 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.