Amitai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-mee-TY
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Amitai is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my truth, truthful”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Amitai mean?
Hebrew: from Amittai
“my truth, truthful”
In the Bible, Amittai is the father of the prophet Jonah.
Is Amitai a girl's or a boy's name?
Amitai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amitai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 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, 10 boys in the US were named Amitai, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Amitai in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amitai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
Names like Amitai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Akari Armani Avi Amiri Kasai Tru Zakai Aarav Anakin Jakai Dakari Sakai
Names related to Amitai
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Amitai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amitai, updated 20 October 2026.