girls:
312 births since 1990
#5404 (5th percentile)
boys:
4.7k births since 1967
#1761 (62nd percentile)
overall:
5k births since 1967
#3856 (50th percentile)
The name Amar is the #3,856 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,008 recorded births since 1967. This represents the 50.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 50.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,761 (61.6% percentile) for all time with 4,696 births since 1967. For girls, it ranks #5,404 (5.4% percentile) for all time with 312 births since 1990.
Amar first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1967 (1967 for boys and 1990 for girls). Birth data for Amar is available in 56 out of the 57 years between 1967 and 2023 (56 years for boys and 28 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Amar has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 93.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 90.8% of babies named Amar were boys.
For boys, Amar reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 18.9% percentile (ranked #739) with 97 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 97 births per million (ranked 18.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Amar is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #739 (18.9% percentile) with 97 births per million.
For girls, Amar reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #930) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Amar ranks #934 for girls (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 81.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Amar".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Amar", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 11 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Amare" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Amare..
Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Amar. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 61.0% confident that Amar is pronounced as uh-MAHR, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ah-MAHR, at 11.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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