Amanda
Girl · a-MAN-da · Latin
Amanda is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “worthy of love”. In 2025 it ranked 1,036th for girls in the UK (35 babies) and 493rd for girls in the US (601 babies).
What does Amanda mean?
Latin
“worthy of love”
A 17th-century literary coinage from Latin amanda, 'she who must be loved'.
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- a-MAN-da
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Is Amanda a girl's or a boy's name?
Amanda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 girls in the UK and 601 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amanda in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,036among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 8,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the UK were named Amanda, making it the 1,036th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 796th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 352 girls.
Half of all the girls named Amanda in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 983rd in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1954 (#85), 1964 (#16), 1974 (#11) and 1984 (#49).
Amanda in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #1,036 |
| 2024 | 33 | #1,084 |
| 2023 | 48 | #813 |
| 2022 | 51 | #772 |
| 2021 | 57 | #720 |
| 2020 | 51 | #796 |
| 2019 | 60 | #703 |
| 2018 | 70 | #636 |
| 2017 | 82 | #577 |
| 2016 | 97 | #490 |
| 2015 | 99 | #482 |
| 2014 | 75 | #607 |
| 2013 | 80 | #572 |
| 2012 | 97 | #494 |
| 2011 | 94 | #499 |
| 2010 | 110 | #439 |
| 2009 | 108 | #439 |
| 2008 | 110 | #432 |
| 2007 | 107 | #424 |
| 2006 | 86 | #491 |
| 2005 | 100 | #422 |
| 2004 | 118 | #360 |
| 2003 | 107 | #382 |
| 2002 | 77 | #461 |
| 2001 | 118 | #330 |
| 2000 | 128 | #311 |
| 1999 | 149 | #282 |
| 1998 | 200 | #235 |
| 1997 | 247 | #200 |
| 1996 | 352 | #141 |
How popular is Amanda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #493among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 601about 1 in 2,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 601 girls in the US were named Amanda, making it the 493rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 444th. Its busiest year was 1987, with 41,786 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Amanda than any year since 1955.
Half of all the girls named Amanda in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amanda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 601 | #493 |
| 2024 | 621 | #495 |
| 2023 | 636 | #483 |
| 2022 | 691 | #459 |
| 2021 | 660 | #473 |
| 2020 | 695 | #444 |
| 2019 | 770 | #405 |
| 2018 | 855 | #368 |
| 2017 | 968 | #335 |
| 2016 | 1,005 | #326 |
| 2015 | 1,034 | #313 |
| 2014 | 1,060 | #310 |
| 2013 | 1,076 | #297 |
| 2012 | 1,236 | #262 |
| 2011 | 1,413 | #224 |
| 2010 | 1,664 | #188 |
| 2009 | 1,963 | #165 |
| 2008 | 2,451 | #137 |
| 2007 | 3,051 | #111 |
| 2006 | 3,362 | #100 |
| 2005 | 4,099 | #79 |
| 2004 | 4,697 | #67 |
| 2003 | 5,354 | #54 |
| 2002 | 6,145 | #46 |
| 2001 | 6,980 | #39 |
| 2000 | 8,558 | #32 |
| 1999 | 9,750 | #22 |
| 1998 | 10,928 | #19 |
| 1997 | 12,243 | #16 |
| 1996 | 13,980 | #13 |
| 1995 | 16,354 | #9 |
| 1994 | 18,718 | #8 |
| 1993 | 20,811 | #8 |
| 1992 | 25,039 | #3 |
| 1991 | 28,896 | #4 |
| 1990 | 34,413 | #4 |
| 1989 | 36,834 | #4 |
| 1988 | 39,459 | #3 |
| 1987 | 41,786 | #3 |
| 1986 | 40,532 | #3 |
| 1985 | 39,055 | #4 |
| 1984 | 33,915 | #4 |
| 1983 | 33,749 | #3 |
| 1982 | 34,214 | #3 |
| 1981 | 34,372 | #3 |
| 1980 | 35,811 | #2 |
| 1979 | 31,924 | #3 |
| 1978 | 20,520 | #6 |
| 1977 | 18,278 | #9 |
| 1976 | 15,588 | #10 |
| 1975 | 12,657 | #14 |
| 1974 | 7,473 | #34 |
| 1973 | 5,625 | #51 |
| 1972 | 4,180 | #76 |
| 1971 | 4,130 | #84 |
| 1970 | 3,545 | #108 |
| 1969 | 2,815 | #122 |
| 1968 | 2,431 | #132 |
| 1967 | 2,660 | #131 |
| 1966 | 2,331 | #148 |
| 1965 | 1,649 | #201 |
| 1964 | 1,276 | #245 |
| 1963 | 1,032 | #283 |
| 1962 | 948 | #300 |
| 1961 | 1,056 | #283 |
| 1960 | 978 | #296 |
| 1959 | 858 | #317 |
| 1958 | 791 | #335 |
| 1957 | 670 | #351 |
| 1956 | 639 | #346 |
| 1955 | 453 | #414 |
| 1954 | 428 | #418 |
| 1953 | 427 | #417 |
| 1952 | 416 | #413 |
| 1951 | 409 | #410 |
| 1950 | 380 | #409 |
| 1949 | 333 | #433 |
| 1948 | 306 | #457 |
| 1947 | 310 | #464 |
| 1946 | 273 | #476 |
| 1945 | 280 | #425 |
| 1944 | 237 | #467 |
| 1943 | 284 | #439 |
| 1942 | 295 | #416 |
| 1941 | 223 | #468 |
| 1940 | 218 | #453 |
| 1939 | 185 | #491 |
| 1938 | 192 | #479 |
| 1937 | 176 | #496 |
| 1936 | 192 | #465 |
| 1935 | 213 | #442 |
| 1934 | 189 | #468 |
| 1933 | 200 | #464 |
| 1932 | 213 | #452 |
| 1931 | 209 | #445 |
| 1930 | 196 | #478 |
| 1929 | 209 | #455 |
| 1928 | 247 | #431 |
| 1927 | 234 | #454 |
| 1926 | 311 | #388 |
| 1925 | 309 | #390 |
| 1924 | 341 | #369 |
| 1923 | 362 | #347 |
| 1922 | 341 | #353 |
| 1921 | 392 | #332 |
| 1920 | 379 | #335 |
| 1919 | 379 | #326 |
| 1918 | 397 | #320 |
| 1917 | 445 | #292 |
| 1916 | 421 | #292 |
| 1915 | 412 | #287 |
| 1914 | 375 | #268 |
| 1913 | 346 | #251 |
| 1912 | 310 | #254 |
| 1911 | 280 | #234 |
| 1910 | 278 | #229 |
| 1909 | 271 | #212 |
| 1908 | 260 | #208 |
| 1907 | 285 | #190 |
| 1906 | 260 | #190 |
| 1905 | 311 | #168 |
| 1904 | 294 | #169 |
| 1903 | 247 | #184 |
| 1902 | 301 | #164 |
| 1901 | 317 | #155 |
| 1900 | 377 | #154 |
| 1899 | 326 | #144 |
| 1898 | 371 | #137 |
| 1897 | 354 | #136 |
| 1896 | 367 | #129 |
| 1895 | 431 | #115 |
| 1894 | 418 | #112 |
| 1893 | 387 | #113 |
| 1892 | 455 | #102 |
| 1891 | 371 | #105 |
| 1890 | 392 | #104 |
| 1889 | 413 | #97 |
| 1888 | 404 | #97 |
| 1887 | 338 | #96 |
| 1886 | 370 | #91 |
| 1885 | 339 | #90 |
| 1884 | 337 | #92 |
| 1883 | 287 | #94 |
| 1882 | 288 | #91 |
| 1881 | 263 | #87 |
| 1880 | 241 | #89 |
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