Amarilis
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-mah-REE-lees
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Amarilis is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “sparkling”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Amarilis mean?
Greek: Spanish and Portuguese form of Amaryllis
“sparkling”
Amaryllis is a shepherdess in the pastoral poems of Theocritus and Virgil, and later a flower name.
Is Amarilis a girl's or a boy's name?
Amarilis is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amarilis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Amarilis, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1961.
Half of all the girls named Amarilis in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amarilis in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,734 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,518 |
| 1992 | 27 | #3,860 |
| 1991 | 24 | #4,202 |
| 1990 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,242 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,303 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,656 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,755 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,516 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
Names like Amarilis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ariana, Alessandra, Angelique, Alexis, Genesis, Angelica, Xiomara, Angel, Sophia, Ariadna, Marisol, Anastasia
Names related to Amarilis
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
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, “Amarilis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amarilis, updated 20 October 2026.