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Amory

Boy · Germanic

Amory is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “vigor, bravery”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).

What does Amory mean?

Germanic

“vigor, bravery”

A male given name from the Germanic languages, today often transferred back from the surname.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Amory a girl's or a boy's name?

Amory is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls and 11 boys in the US.

How popular is Amory in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 7 boys.

2003Busiest: 7 in 20232023
Amory in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20237#2,965
20220–
20210–
20200–
20190–
20183#4,959
20170–
20160–
20150–
20140–
20130–
20123#4,999
20110–
20100–
20090–
20083#4,615
20070–
20060–
20050–
20040–
20034#2,990

How popular is Amory in the US?

Rank in 2025
#7,190among boys
Babies in 2025
11about 1 in 160,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 39% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Amory, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,024th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915. 8 girls were also named Amory in 2025 (10,913th for girls).

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Amory than any year since 2010.

Half of all the boys named Amory in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2024, 36% of the babies named Amory in the US were girls.

1915Busiest: 39 in 20192025
Amory in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202511#7,190
202423#4,430
202324#4,339
202233#3,462
202131#3,579
202038#3,024
201939#3,050
201818#5,102
201721#4,590
201624#4,198
201523#4,293
201417#5,248
201322#4,311
201218#5,030
201113#6,250
20107#9,686
20096#10,989
20089#8,319
20078#8,909
200613#6,090
20058#8,292
20047#8,921
200317#4,611
20029#7,048
200115#4,884
20007#8,202
199911#5,650
199810#5,834
19975#9,259
19960–
19958#6,400
19949#5,862
19939#5,764
19928#6,120
19917#6,511
19905#8,108
19890–
19887#5,745
19877#5,453
19868#4,848
19850–
19840–
19837#4,904
19827#5,001
19816#5,466
19809#4,133
19798#4,401
19786#5,056
19770–
19765#5,584
19756#4,795
19746#4,632
19730–
19720–
19717#3,961
19700–
19695#4,403
19680–
19670–
19660–
19650–
19645#4,038
19630–
19620–
19617#3,354
19600–
19590–
19580–
19576#3,550
19565#3,940
19550–
19540–
19530–
19520–
19510–
19500–
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
19350–
19340–
19330–
19320–
19310–
19306#3,590
19290–
19287#3,355
19270–
19260–
19255#4,195
19240–
19235#4,236
19220–
19210–
19200–
19190–
19180–
19170–
19160–
19156#3,391

Names like Amory

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