Amos
Boy · AY-mos · Hebrew
Amos is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “carried, borne”. In 2025 it ranked 703rd for boys in the UK (56 babies) and 730th for boys in the US (364 babies).
What does Amos mean?
Hebrew
“carried, borne”
Amos was an 8th-century BC Hebrew prophet whose sayings form the Book of Amos.
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- AY-mos
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Is Amos a girl's or a boy's name?
Amos is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 56 boys in the UK and 364 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amos in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #703among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 56about 1 in 5,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 56 boys in the UK were named Amos, making it the 703rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 567th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 78 boys.
Half of all the boys named Amos in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 687th in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.
Amos in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #703 |
| 2024 | 47 | #790 |
| 2023 | 78 | #558 |
| 2022 | 77 | #557 |
| 2021 | 67 | #621 |
| 2020 | 74 | #567 |
| 2019 | 55 | #688 |
| 2018 | 58 | #675 |
| 2017 | 52 | #739 |
| 2016 | 52 | #728 |
| 2015 | 50 | #724 |
| 2014 | 45 | #773 |
| 2013 | 36 | #904 |
| 2012 | 33 | #979 |
| 2011 | 28 | #1,056 |
| 2010 | 38 | #848 |
| 2009 | 28 | #1,032 |
| 2008 | 25 | #1,102 |
| 2007 | 27 | #991 |
| 2006 | 24 | #1,034 |
| 2005 | 28 | #895 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,205 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,193 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,165 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,352 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,446 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,241 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,290 |
How popular is Amos in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #730among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 364about 1 in 4,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 364 boys in the US were named Amos, making it the 730th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 696th. Its busiest year was 1922, with 558 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Amos than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Amos in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amos in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 364 | #730 |
| 2024 | 395 | #687 |
| 2023 | 424 | #647 |
| 2022 | 450 | #620 |
| 2021 | 464 | #599 |
| 2020 | 366 | #696 |
| 2019 | 394 | #667 |
| 2018 | 396 | #647 |
| 2017 | 356 | #693 |
| 2016 | 385 | #669 |
| 2015 | 340 | #725 |
| 2014 | 367 | #686 |
| 2013 | 296 | #762 |
| 2012 | 281 | #800 |
| 2011 | 247 | #859 |
| 2010 | 181 | #1,059 |
| 2009 | 199 | #991 |
| 2008 | 181 | #1,046 |
| 2007 | 208 | #949 |
| 2006 | 160 | #1,097 |
| 2005 | 174 | #989 |
| 2004 | 175 | #956 |
| 2003 | 177 | #925 |
| 2002 | 172 | #929 |
| 2001 | 171 | #911 |
| 2000 | 171 | #905 |
| 1999 | 153 | #946 |
| 1998 | 151 | #930 |
| 1997 | 162 | #864 |
| 1996 | 142 | #920 |
| 1995 | 166 | #830 |
| 1994 | 175 | #800 |
| 1993 | 213 | #708 |
| 1992 | 188 | #755 |
| 1991 | 196 | #719 |
| 1990 | 203 | #709 |
| 1989 | 178 | #740 |
| 1988 | 225 | #635 |
| 1987 | 213 | #624 |
| 1986 | 210 | #615 |
| 1985 | 232 | #577 |
| 1984 | 258 | #536 |
| 1983 | 227 | #558 |
| 1982 | 244 | #553 |
| 1981 | 272 | #511 |
| 1980 | 262 | #531 |
| 1979 | 281 | #495 |
| 1978 | 260 | #502 |
| 1977 | 252 | #526 |
| 1976 | 216 | #549 |
| 1975 | 204 | #565 |
| 1974 | 222 | #537 |
| 1973 | 206 | #547 |
| 1972 | 158 | #625 |
| 1971 | 208 | #562 |
| 1970 | 148 | #672 |
| 1969 | 182 | #579 |
| 1968 | 154 | #613 |
| 1967 | 189 | #543 |
| 1966 | 179 | #567 |
| 1965 | 224 | #508 |
| 1964 | 202 | #554 |
| 1963 | 209 | #550 |
| 1962 | 230 | #524 |
| 1961 | 256 | #494 |
| 1960 | 261 | #490 |
| 1959 | 260 | #486 |
| 1958 | 285 | #463 |
| 1957 | 251 | #492 |
| 1956 | 251 | #478 |
| 1955 | 287 | #432 |
| 1954 | 282 | #426 |
| 1953 | 307 | #398 |
| 1952 | 306 | #392 |
| 1951 | 294 | #396 |
| 1950 | 287 | #400 |
| 1949 | 275 | #403 |
| 1948 | 289 | #399 |
| 1947 | 305 | #392 |
| 1946 | 250 | #403 |
| 1945 | 262 | #371 |
| 1944 | 283 | #354 |
| 1943 | 280 | #368 |
| 1942 | 267 | #372 |
| 1941 | 278 | #348 |
| 1940 | 278 | #341 |
| 1939 | 277 | #332 |
| 1938 | 296 | #321 |
| 1937 | 288 | #320 |
| 1936 | 292 | #312 |
| 1935 | 301 | #313 |
| 1934 | 339 | #293 |
| 1933 | 345 | #285 |
| 1932 | 377 | #280 |
| 1931 | 367 | #287 |
| 1930 | 461 | #261 |
| 1929 | 377 | #288 |
| 1928 | 439 | #270 |
| 1927 | 523 | #247 |
| 1926 | 454 | #268 |
| 1925 | 489 | #257 |
| 1924 | 506 | #256 |
| 1923 | 506 | #250 |
| 1922 | 558 | #237 |
| 1921 | 546 | #240 |
| 1920 | 493 | #246 |
| 1919 | 523 | #231 |
| 1918 | 523 | #229 |
| 1917 | 462 | #236 |
| 1916 | 478 | #223 |
| 1915 | 474 | #219 |
| 1914 | 367 | #217 |
| 1913 | 312 | #210 |
| 1912 | 243 | #221 |
| 1911 | 168 | #182 |
| 1910 | 124 | #208 |
| 1909 | 116 | #191 |
| 1908 | 119 | #180 |
| 1907 | 125 | #173 |
| 1906 | 118 | #166 |
| 1905 | 102 | #182 |
| 1904 | 96 | #187 |
| 1903 | 83 | #191 |
| 1902 | 95 | #179 |
| 1901 | 83 | #176 |
| 1900 | 125 | #168 |
| 1899 | 79 | #179 |
| 1898 | 96 | #169 |
| 1897 | 94 | #165 |
| 1896 | 110 | #150 |
| 1895 | 96 | #162 |
| 1894 | 108 | #142 |
| 1893 | 105 | #142 |
| 1892 | 117 | #136 |
| 1891 | 104 | #132 |
| 1890 | 114 | #127 |
| 1889 | 114 | #124 |
| 1888 | 94 | #161 |
| 1887 | 104 | #126 |
| 1886 | 121 | #120 |
| 1885 | 114 | #121 |
| 1884 | 137 | #110 |
| 1883 | 113 | #113 |
| 1882 | 134 | #109 |
| 1881 | 102 | #117 |
| 1880 | 128 | #105 |
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