Nameling

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
#7,190among boys
Babies in 2025
11about 1 in 160,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo 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.

1977Busiest: 18 in 20242025
Amaro in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202511#7,190
202418#5,237
202314#6,215
202210#7,762
202113#6,330
20208#8,734
201916#5,551
201814#6,032
201715#5,784
20167#9,659
20155#12,080
20147#9,636
201310#7,532
20120–
20116#10,801
20105#12,224
20090–
20086#11,030
20070–
20066#10,655
20050–
20046#9,941
20030–
20020–
20010–
20000–
19990–
19980–
19975#9,259
19960–
19950–
19940–
19930–
19920–
19915#8,228
19900–
19890–
19885#7,264
19870–
19860–
19850–
19840–
19830–
19820–
19810–
19800–
19796#5,353
19785#5,769
19776#5,121

Names like Amaro

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Amaro

More Latin names

Every Latin name

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.