Amaryllis
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,438 for girls
Amaryllis is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 2,438th for girls in the US (73 babies).
What does Amaryllis mean?
Greek
A female given name from Latin or Ancient Greek.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Amaryllis a girl's or a boy's name?
Amaryllis is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 73 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amaryllis in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Amaryllis, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 5 girls.
Half of all the girls named Amaryllis in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Amaryllis in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
How popular is Amaryllis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,438th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 73 about 1 in 22,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 73 girls in the US were named Amaryllis, making it the 2,438th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,631st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 73 girls. It first appears in the records in 1926.
Half of all the girls named Amaryllis in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amaryllis in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 73 | #2,438 |
| 2024 | 64 | #2,694 |
| 2023 | 73 | #2,442 |
| 2022 | 69 | #2,554 |
| 2021 | 69 | #2,533 |
| 2020 | 64 | #2,631 |
| 2019 | 68 | #2,561 |
| 2018 | 67 | #2,584 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,597 |
| 2016 | 47 | #3,379 |
| 2015 | 70 | #2,555 |
| 2014 | 49 | #3,270 |
| 2013 | 52 | #3,122 |
| 2012 | 36 | #4,119 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,644 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,491 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,421 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,422 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,578 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,317 |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,032 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,924 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,834 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,835 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,876 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,940 |
| 1930 | 25 | #1,568 |
| 1929 | 28 | #1,446 |
| 1928 | 28 | #1,501 |
| 1927 | 45 | #1,139 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
Names like Amaryllis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Amaryllis
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Amaryllis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amaryllis, updated 20 October 2026.