Amro
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AM-roh
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Amro is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Amro mean?
Arabic: variant of Arabic Amr
A form of Arabic Amr, the name of Amr ibn al-As, the general who conquered Egypt for the caliphate in the 640s.
Is Amro a girl's or a boy's name?
Amro is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amro in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 4 boys.
Amro in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
How popular is Amro in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Amro, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2010, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1986.
2025 had more boys named Amro than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Amro in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amro in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
Names like Amro
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca Arlo Hugo Nico Syed Anas Ahmed Rio Yahya Ali Milo Muhammad
Names related to Amro
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo Safa Liyana
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, “Amro: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amro, updated 20 October 2026.