girls:
22 births since 2019
#5694 (0th percentile)
boys:
866 births since 1996
#3721 (19th percentile)
overall:
888 births since 1996
#6851 (11th percentile)
The name Amaru is the #6,851 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 888 recorded births since 1996. This represents the 11.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,721 (18.8% percentile) for all time with 866 births since 1996. For girls, it ranks #5,694 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 22 births since 2019.
Amaru first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1996 (1996 for boys and 2019 for girls).
The name Amaru has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 86.4% of babies named Amaru were boys.
For boys, Amaru reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 6.1% percentile (ranked #873) with 33 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 33 births per million (ranked 6.1% percentile). Despite a peak around 2013, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Amaru ranks #859 for boys (5.7% percentile) with 31 births per million, which is 94.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Amaru reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #943) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Amaru is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #943 (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Amaru".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Amaru. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 77.4% confident that Amaru is pronounced as uh-MAH-rue, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-MUH-rue, at 22.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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