Amos

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #730in 2025
  • 1 in 4,692boys in 2025
  • +20%last ten years
  • 3.5×in Kentucky

Most popular in 1884, and up 20% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

05991,19718801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Amos, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18801,158
18811,013
18821,179
18831,080
18841,197
18851,058
18861,092
18871,026
1888778
18891,031
18901,027
18911,028
1892959
1893935
1894933
1895818
1896920
1897834
1898782
1899744
1900831
1901780
1902774
1903696
1904749
1905771
1906886
1907851
1908771
1909707
1910638
1911743
1912565
1913609
1914561
1915559
1916537
1917499
1918516
1919534
1920463
1921496
1922513
1923462
1924447
1925438
1926409
1927464
1928396
1929350
1930420
1931353
1932361
1933348
1934328
1935289
1936282
1937270
1938267
1939250
1940240
1941226
1942193
1943196
1944208
1945195
1946154
1947167
1948165
1949155
1950160
1951156
1952157
1953156
1954138
1955139
1956119
1957116
1958134
1959122
1960122
1961121
1962111
1963103
1964101
1965120
1966100
1967108
196889
1969102
197080
1971118
197297
1973132
1974141
1975131
1976138
1977153
1978158
1979163
1980147
1981152
1982134
1983127
1984143
1985126
1986114
1987114
1988118
198989
199099
199197
199294
1993109
199491
199587
199675
199786
199879
199980
200087
200188
200289
200390
200488
200587
200678
2007100
200889
2009100
201094
2011130
2012148
2013156
2014191
2015177
2016203
2017192
2018218
2019220
2020212
2021265
2022258
2023248
2024229
2025213

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Kentucky 3.5×
  2. Pennsylvania 3.5×
  3. Missouri 3.0×
  4. Indiana 2.5×
  5. Wisconsin 2.0×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
364
Rank in 2025
#730
How rare
1 in 4,692 boys
Since 1880
36,536

Most popular in 1884, at 1,197 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 20% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Kentucky3.5×49
Pennsylvania3.5×125
Missouri3.0×56
Indiana2.5×54
Wisconsin2.0×33

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.