Amos
Amos was given to 364 boys in 2025, #730 among boys’ names; 36,600 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 18,400 Americans named Amos and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (50% of everyone recorded); the median is 37 years old and half are between 12 and 60.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Amos by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Amos mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Amos is “a male given name from Hebrew.” Its etymology gives the sense “to carry; a burden” (עמוס).
From Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).
/ˈeɪ.məs/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Amos?
#730 among boys’ names, 2025
Amos fell from #726 in 2015 to #730 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 0.18 to 0.21 per 1,000.
558 babies in 1922, the peak
Amos peaked in 1922, when 558 boys were given it, #237 among boys’ names. The 364 births of 2025 are 65% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 364 | #730 | 0.21 |
| 2024 | 395 | #687 | 0.23 |
| 2023 | 424 | #647 | 0.25 |
| 2022 | 450 | #620 | 0.26 |
| 2021 | 464 | #599 | 0.27 |
| 2020 | 366 | #696 | 0.21 |
| 2019 | 394 | #667 | 0.22 |
| 2018 | 396 | #647 | 0.22 |
| 2017 | 356 | #693 | 0.19 |
| 2016 | 385 | #669 | 0.20 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 340 | #726 | 0.18 |
| 2014 | 367 | #686 | 0.19 |
| 2013 | 296 | #762 | 0.16 |
| 2012 | 281 | #800 | 0.15 |
| 2011 | 247 | #859 | 0.13 |
| 2010 | 181 | #1,059 | 0.09 |
| 2009 | 199 | #991 | 0.10 |
| 2008 | 181 | #1,048 | 0.09 |
| 2007 | 208 | #949 | 0.10 |
| 2006 | 160 | #1,097 | 0.08 |
| 2005 | 174 | #990 | 0.09 |
| 2004 | 175 | #956 | 0.09 |
| 2003 | 177 | #925 | 0.09 |
| 2002 | 172 | #929 | 0.09 |
| 2001 | 171 | #911 | 0.09 |
| 2000 | 171 | #905 | 0.09 |
| 1999 | 153 | #946 | 0.08 |
| 1998 | 151 | #931 | 0.08 |
| 1997 | 162 | #865 | 0.09 |
| 1996 | 142 | #920 | 0.07 |
| 1995 | 166 | #830 | 0.09 |
| 1994 | 175 | #800 | 0.09 |
| 1993 | 213 | #708 | 0.11 |
| 1992 | 188 | #755 | 0.09 |
| 1991 | 196 | #719 | 0.10 |
| 1990 | 203 | #709 | 0.10 |
| 1989 | 178 | #740 | 0.09 |
| 1988 | 225 | #635 | 0.12 |
| 1987 | 213 | #624 | 0.11 |
| 1986 | 210 | #615 | 0.11 |
| 1985 | 232 | #577 | 0.13 |
| 1984 | 258 | #536 | 0.14 |
| 1983 | 227 | #558 | 0.13 |
| 1982 | 244 | #553 | 0.13 |
| 1981 | 272 | #511 | 0.15 |
| 1980 | 262 | #531 | 0.15 |
| 1979 | 281 | #495 | 0.16 |
| 1978 | 260 | #502 | 0.16 |
| 1977 | 252 | #526 | 0.15 |
| 1976 | 216 | #549 | 0.14 |
| 1975 | 204 | #565 | 0.13 |
| 1974 | 222 | #537 | 0.14 |
| 1973 | 206 | #547 | 0.13 |
| 1972 | 158 | #625 | 0.10 |
| 1971 | 208 | #562 | 0.12 |
| 1970 | 148 | #673 | 0.08 |
| 1969 | 182 | #579 | 0.10 |
| 1968 | 154 | #613 | 0.09 |
| 1967 | 189 | #543 | 0.11 |
| 1966 | 179 | #567 | 0.10 |
| 1965 | 224 | #508 | 0.12 |
| 1964 | 202 | #554 | 0.10 |
| 1963 | 209 | #550 | 0.10 |
| 1962 | 230 | #524 | 0.11 |
| 1961 | 256 | #494 | 0.12 |
| 1960 | 261 | #490 | 0.12 |
| 1959 | 260 | #486 | 0.12 |
| 1958 | 285 | #463 | 0.13 |
| 1957 | 251 | #492 | 0.12 |
| 1956 | 251 | #478 | 0.12 |
| 1955 | 287 | #432 | 0.14 |
| 1954 | 282 | #426 | 0.14 |
| 1953 | 307 | #398 | 0.16 |
| 1952 | 306 | #392 | 0.16 |
| 1951 | 294 | #396 | 0.16 |
| 1950 | 287 | #400 | 0.16 |
| 1949 | 275 | #403 | 0.16 |
| 1948 | 289 | #399 | 0.16 |
| 1947 | 305 | #392 | 0.17 |
| 1946 | 250 | #403 | 0.15 |
| 1945 | 262 | #371 | 0.19 |
| 1944 | 283 | #354 | 0.21 |
| 1943 | 280 | #368 | 0.20 |
| 1942 | 267 | #372 | 0.19 |
| 1941 | 278 | #348 | 0.23 |
| 1940 | 278 | #341 | 0.24 |
| 1939 | 277 | #332 | 0.25 |
| 1938 | 296 | #321 | 0.27 |
| 1937 | 288 | #320 | 0.27 |
| 1936 | 292 | #312 | 0.28 |
| 1935 | 301 | #313 | 0.29 |
| 1934 | 339 | #293 | 0.33 |
| 1933 | 345 | #285 | 0.35 |
| 1932 | 377 | #280 | 0.36 |
| 1931 | 367 | #287 | 0.35 |
| 1930 | 461 | #261 | 0.42 |
| 1929 | 377 | #288 | 0.35 |
| 1928 | 439 | #270 | 0.40 |
| 1927 | 523 | #247 | 0.46 |
| 1926 | 454 | #268 | 0.41 |
| 1925 | 489 | #258 | 0.44 |
| 1924 | 506 | #256 | 0.45 |
| 1923 | 506 | #250 | 0.46 |
| 1922 | 558 | #237 | 0.51 |
| 1921 | 546 | #240 | 0.50 |
| 1920 | 493 | #246 | 0.46 |
| 1919 | 523 | #231 | 0.53 |
| 1918 | 523 | #229 | 0.52 |
| 1917 | 462 | #236 | 0.50 |
| 1916 | 478 | #223 | 0.54 |
| 1915 | 474 | #219 | 0.56 |
| 1914 | 367 | #217 | 0.56 |
| 1913 | 312 | #210 | 0.61 |
| 1912 | 243 | #221 | 0.57 |
| 1911 | 168 | #182 | 0.74 |
| 1910 | 124 | #208 | 0.64 |
| 1909 | 116 | #191 | 0.71 |
| 1908 | 119 | #181 | 0.77 |
| 1907 | 125 | #173 | 0.85 |
| 1906 | 118 | #166 | 0.89 |
| 1905 | 102 | #182 | 0.77 |
| 1904 | 96 | #187 | 0.75 |
| 1903 | 83 | #191 | 0.70 |
| 1902 | 95 | #179 | 0.77 |
| 1901 | 83 | #176 | 0.78 |
| 1900 | 125 | #168 | 0.83 |
| 1899 | 79 | #179 | 0.74 |
| 1898 | 96 | #169 | 0.78 |
| 1897 | 94 | #165 | 0.83 |
| 1896 | 110 | #150 | 0.92 |
| 1895 | 96 | #162 | 0.82 |
| 1894 | 108 | #142 | 0.93 |
| 1893 | 105 | #142 | 0.93 |
| 1892 | 117 | #136 | 1.0 |
| 1891 | 104 | #132 | 1.0 |
| 1890 | 114 | #127 | 1.0 |
| 1889 | 114 | #124 | 1.0 |
| 1888 | 94 | #161 | 0.78 |
| 1887 | 104 | #126 | 1.0 |
| 1886 | 121 | #120 | 1.1 |
| 1885 | 114 | #121 | 1.1 |
| 1884 | 137 | #110 | 1.2 |
| 1883 | 113 | #114 | 1.1 |
| 1882 | 134 | #109 | 1.2 |
| 1881 | 102 | #117 | 1.0 |
| 1880 | 128 | #105 | 1.2 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Amos a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Amos has been given almost only to boys: 64 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Amos: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Amos, and how old are they?
18,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 50% of the 36,600 Americans ever recorded as Amos. The median Amos alive today is 37 years old; half are between 12 and 60.
The 2020 Census counted 16,832 people named Amos (63 women and girls, 16,769 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 17,639 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,010 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,330 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,970 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,170 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,920 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 4,960 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Amos born?
The states with the most babies named Amos are Pennsylvania, Texas and Georgia, with 25% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 3,190 | #290 | 1.5× |
| Texas | 1,951 | #975 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 1,809 | #1,223 | 1.8× |
| Alabama | 1,511 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| North Carolina | 1,466 | #591 | 1.4× |
| Florida | 1,404 | #1,260 | 1.4× |
| Mississippi | 1,355 | #526 | 2.6× |
| Indiana | 1,161 | #412 | 1.4× |
| Louisiana | 1,160 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Kentucky | 1,044 | #345 | 1.5× |
Where Amos is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Amos is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 2.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Amos with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 42,055 babies since 1880, Amos is the most given (87% of them). In 2025 it was given to 364 of their 966 babies (38%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Amos
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Amos and names like it
- Compare Amos and AmiasBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sAmos peaked in 1922.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Amos since 1910.
- Hebrew namesWiktionary’s origin for Amos: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1922The year the most babies were named Amos.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Amos alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with AMost given first.