Amaro
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-MAH-roh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Amaro is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Amaro mean?
Latin: Spanish and Portuguese form of Amarus, borne by the legendary Saint Amaro
Saint Amaro is a legendary pilgrim said to have sailed to an earthly paradise, venerated in Spain and Portugal.
Is Amaro a girl's or a boy's name?
Amaro is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amaro in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Amaro, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Amaro in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amaro in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
Names like Amaro
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Thiago, Ares, Marcelo, Aziel, Viggo, Ario, Juanpablo, Azriel, Luca, Apollo, Indigo, Santiago
Names related to Amaro
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
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, “Amaro: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amaro, updated 20 October 2026.