Amon
Boy · AH-mon · Hebrew
Amon is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “faithful, true”. In 2025 it ranked 3,035th for boys in the US (40 babies).
What does Amon mean?
Hebrew: biblical name; also a spelling of the Egyptian god Amun
“faithful, true”
Amon was a king of Judah and the father of King Josiah; the Egyptian god Amun is also spelled Amon.
- Say it
- AH-mon
Is Amon a girl's or a boy's name?
Amon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 40 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amon in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 6 boys.
Amon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
How popular is Amon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,035among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 40about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 40 boys in the US were named Amon, making it the 3,035th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,365th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 71 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882.
2025 had fewer boys named Amon than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Amon in the US since 1880 were born between 1946 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 135 boys in the US were given Amon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,244, up from #3,035 for this spelling alone.
Amon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,035 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,418 |
| 2023 | 71 | #2,077 |
| 2022 | 44 | #2,871 |
| 2021 | 56 | #2,409 |
| 2020 | 56 | #2,365 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,140 |
| 2018 | 52 | #2,471 |
| 2017 | 61 | #2,185 |
| 2016 | 48 | #2,586 |
| 2015 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 40 | #2,846 |
| 2012 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2011 | 47 | #2,589 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,013 |
| 2009 | 41 | #2,893 |
| 2008 | 47 | #2,631 |
| 2007 | 51 | #2,473 |
| 2006 | 68 | #1,966 |
| 2005 | 46 | #2,463 |
| 2004 | 51 | #2,234 |
| 2003 | 53 | #2,098 |
| 2002 | 31 | #2,939 |
| 2001 | 52 | #2,023 |
| 2000 | 37 | #2,520 |
| 1999 | 46 | #2,060 |
| 1998 | 49 | #1,954 |
| 1997 | 37 | #2,257 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 25 | #2,780 |
| 1992 | 24 | #2,828 |
| 1991 | 22 | #2,909 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 20 | #2,983 |
| 1988 | 21 | #2,677 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 28 | #2,055 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,067 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 31 | #1,786 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 28 | #1,965 |
| 1979 | 20 | #2,378 |
| 1978 | 26 | #1,913 |
| 1977 | 25 | #1,948 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1975 | 27 | #1,786 |
| 1974 | 26 | #1,790 |
| 1973 | 15 | #2,511 |
| 1972 | 21 | #1,966 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,124 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,533 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,662 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,037 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,072 |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1950 | 11 | #2,320 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,217 |
| 1947 | 11 | #2,355 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,533 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,241 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,194 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,276 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 14 | #1,903 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,081 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,159 |
| 1938 | 17 | #1,689 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,332 |
| 1936 | 19 | #1,540 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,127 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,658 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,540 |
| 1932 | 22 | #1,509 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,470 |
| 1930 | 19 | #1,693 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,316 |
| 1928 | 17 | #1,902 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,748 |
| 1926 | 20 | #1,720 |
| 1925 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,229 |
| 1923 | 35 | #1,213 |
| 1922 | 30 | #1,333 |
| 1921 | 31 | #1,329 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,592 |
| 1919 | 24 | #1,480 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,538 |
| 1917 | 31 | #1,222 |
| 1916 | 29 | #1,240 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,409 |
| 1914 | 19 | #1,388 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,675 |
| 1912 | 18 | #1,095 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,313 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,110 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,001 |
| 1904 | 7 | #966 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,001 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 6 | #819 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
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