Amaranta
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-ma-RAN-ta
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Amaranta is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “unfading”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Amaranta mean?
Greek: Spanish and Italian form of Amaranth, from Greek amarantos
“unfading”
From the Greek for unfading flower; Amaranta Buendía is a character in García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude.
Is Amaranta a girl's or a boy's name?
Amaranta is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amaranta in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Amaranta, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1994, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
2025 had more girls named Amaranta than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Amaranta in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amaranta in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
Names like Amaranta
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ariana Ariadna Anika Alessandra Anaya Armani Aviva Ahuva Anvika Akshara Amara Avani
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Amaranta: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amaranta, updated 20 October 2026.