Amar
Boy · a-MAR · Sanskrit
Amar is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “immortal, undying”. In 2025 it ranked 675th for boys in the UK (59 babies) and 1,388th for boys in the US (132 babies).
What does Amar mean?
Sanskrit: also used in Muslim families, from a different Arabic root
“immortal, undying”
From Sanskrit amara, 'undying', formed from a-, 'not', and a root meaning to die.
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- a-MAR
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Is Amar a girl's or a boy's name?
Amar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls and 59 boys in the UK and 17 girls and 132 boys in the US.
How popular is Amar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 59about 1 in 5,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 59 boys in the UK were named Amar, making it the 675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 737th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 76 boys. 3 girls were also named Amar in 2025 (5,990th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Amar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 658th in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.
Amar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | #675 |
| 2024 | 72 | #591 |
| 2023 | 73 | #580 |
| 2022 | 53 | #715 |
| 2021 | 46 | #798 |
| 2020 | 50 | #737 |
| 2019 | 36 | #909 |
| 2018 | 40 | #860 |
| 2017 | 42 | #844 |
| 2016 | 46 | #788 |
| 2015 | 29 | #1,064 |
| 2014 | 40 | #850 |
| 2013 | 38 | #873 |
| 2012 | 42 | #831 |
| 2011 | 43 | #801 |
| 2010 | 57 | #639 |
| 2009 | 51 | #686 |
| 2008 | 59 | #612 |
| 2007 | 44 | #710 |
| 2006 | 66 | #517 |
| 2005 | 53 | #562 |
| 2004 | 44 | #626 |
| 2003 | 50 | #534 |
| 2002 | 54 | #460 |
| 2001 | 48 | #481 |
| 2000 | 47 | #485 |
| 1999 | 59 | #417 |
| 1998 | 47 | #489 |
| 1997 | 76 | #355 |
| 1996 | 69 | #367 |
How popular is Amar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,388among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 132about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 132 boys in the US were named Amar, making it the 1,388th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,280th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 178 boys. It first appears in the records in 1967. 17 girls were also named Amar in 2025 (6,545th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Amar than any year since 2010.
Half of all the boys named Amar in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 132 | #1,388 |
| 2024 | 160 | #1,241 |
| 2023 | 178 | #1,163 |
| 2022 | 133 | #1,393 |
| 2021 | 171 | #1,161 |
| 2020 | 143 | #1,280 |
| 2019 | 167 | #1,162 |
| 2018 | 143 | #1,282 |
| 2017 | 156 | #1,191 |
| 2016 | 139 | #1,304 |
| 2015 | 158 | #1,174 |
| 2014 | 155 | #1,188 |
| 2013 | 145 | #1,233 |
| 2012 | 144 | #1,226 |
| 2011 | 138 | #1,250 |
| 2010 | 127 | #1,341 |
| 2009 | 125 | #1,367 |
| 2008 | 135 | #1,284 |
| 2007 | 140 | #1,255 |
| 2006 | 138 | #1,214 |
| 2005 | 147 | #1,115 |
| 2004 | 135 | #1,158 |
| 2003 | 139 | #1,102 |
| 2002 | 115 | #1,201 |
| 2001 | 110 | #1,214 |
| 2000 | 88 | #1,404 |
| 1999 | 79 | #1,454 |
| 1998 | 91 | #1,298 |
| 1997 | 59 | #1,669 |
| 1996 | 53 | #1,737 |
| 1995 | 47 | #1,836 |
| 1994 | 53 | #1,684 |
| 1993 | 32 | #2,341 |
| 1992 | 42 | #1,909 |
| 1991 | 44 | #1,792 |
| 1990 | 55 | #1,525 |
| 1989 | 39 | #1,886 |
| 1988 | 58 | #1,351 |
| 1987 | 49 | #1,465 |
| 1986 | 55 | #1,319 |
| 1985 | 51 | #1,353 |
| 1984 | 50 | #1,319 |
| 1983 | 52 | #1,274 |
| 1982 | 39 | #1,562 |
| 1981 | 52 | #1,270 |
| 1980 | 54 | #1,258 |
| 1979 | 34 | #1,670 |
| 1978 | 48 | #1,299 |
| 1977 | 26 | #1,904 |
| 1976 | 36 | #1,501 |
| 1975 | 35 | #1,504 |
| 1974 | 26 | #1,790 |
| 1973 | 22 | #1,927 |
| 1972 | 15 | #2,418 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
Names like Amar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amir Umar Ahmed Ammar Hamza Muhammad Abdullah Musa Ibrahim Mustafa Syed Khalid
Names related to Amar
Amari Aamir Amaar Amer Amr Ammaar Amara Amor Amarah Amare Amaria
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