Amaru
Boy · ah-MAH-roo
Amaru is a boys' name, meaning “serpent”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 2,390th for boys in the US (57 babies).
What does Amaru mean?
Quechua
“serpent”
Amaru is a sacred serpent in Andean myth; Tupac Amaru II led a great 1780 uprising against Spanish rule in Peru.
- Say it
- ah-MAH-roo
Is Amaru a girl's or a boy's name?
Amaru is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 11 girls and 57 boys in the US.
How popular is Amaru in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Amaru, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2010, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Amaru in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Amaru in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
How popular is Amaru in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,390among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 57about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 57 boys in the US were named Amaru, making it the 2,390th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,263rd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 62 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996. 11 girls were also named Amaru in 2025 (8,858th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Amaru in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 16% of the babies named Amaru in the US were girls.
Amaru in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 | #2,390 |
| 2024 | 59 | #2,370 |
| 2023 | 57 | #2,386 |
| 2022 | 47 | #2,751 |
| 2021 | 62 | #2,252 |
| 2020 | 60 | #2,263 |
| 2019 | 47 | #2,693 |
| 2018 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,122 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,680 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 34 | #3,187 |
| 2012 | 37 | #3,057 |
| 2011 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2010 | 25 | #3,993 |
| 2009 | 27 | #3,829 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,443 |
| 2004 | 39 | #2,693 |
| 2003 | 30 | #3,114 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 31 | #2,542 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
Names like Amaru
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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