Amare
Boy · uh-MAR-ay · Amharic
Amare is a boys' name of Amharic origin, meaning “handsome; beautiful”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 2,332nd for boys in the US (59 babies).
What does Amare mean?
Amharic: Ethiopian Amharic name
“handsome; beautiful”
An Ethiopian Amharic name meaning beautiful or handsome.
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- uh-MAR-ay
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Is Amare a girl's or a boy's name?
Amare is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 5 girls and 59 boys in the US.
How popular is Amare in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Amare, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Amare in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Amare in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
How popular is Amare in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,332among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 59about 1 in 29,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 59 boys in the US were named Amare, making it the 2,332nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,172nd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 639 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997. 5 girls were also named Amare in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Amare than any year since 2002.
Half of all the boys named Amare in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8% of the babies named Amare in the US were girls.
Amare in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | #2,332 |
| 2024 | 72 | #2,078 |
| 2023 | 93 | #1,754 |
| 2022 | 112 | #1,574 |
| 2021 | 168 | #1,170 |
| 2020 | 164 | #1,172 |
| 2019 | 164 | #1,177 |
| 2018 | 196 | #1,036 |
| 2017 | 199 | #1,016 |
| 2016 | 207 | #985 |
| 2015 | 270 | #831 |
| 2014 | 264 | #847 |
| 2013 | 423 | #598 |
| 2012 | 534 | #498 |
| 2011 | 639 | #427 |
| 2010 | 505 | #509 |
| 2009 | 377 | #657 |
| 2008 | 357 | #678 |
| 2007 | 376 | #645 |
| 2006 | 262 | #789 |
| 2005 | 347 | #631 |
| 2004 | 135 | #1,158 |
| 2003 | 154 | #1,023 |
| 2002 | 29 | #3,091 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
Names like Amare
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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