Boys' name · since 1999
Amun
Since 1999, U.S. Social Security records show 166 babies named Amun, peaking in 2018. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #14,075 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,591 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 166
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Amun currently ranks #8591 among boys' names in America, with 166 babies recorded since 1999.
Amun has 166 recorded births among boys since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8591 as of the latest data, more common than 38% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #14,075 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,591 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 166 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amun ranks #14,075 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,591 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 166 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,075 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,591 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 166
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Amun's 166 recorded births place it above 68.95% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Amun compares
166 35th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Amun's all-time total is 55% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Amun | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 166 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 34 | 22,252 |
Amun's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Amun splits its recorded history at 2018: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2012 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2018 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Amun popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Amun by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (81 births, 49% of the file).
2010s was Amun's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Amun births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 8
2000s
8 births
- 2010s
2010s
81 births
- 2020s
2020s
71 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 81 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Amun's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (81 total births) through the 2020s (71) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Amun: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Amun 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.