girls:
4.2k births since 1967
#2654 (54th percentile)
boys:
11 births since 2022
#4575 (0th percentile)
overall:
4.2k births since 1967
#4223 (45th percentile)
The name Amethyst is the #4,223 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,210 recorded births since 1967. This represents the 45.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 45.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,654 (53.6% percentile) for all time with 4,199 births since 1967. For boys, it ranks #4,575 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 11 births since 2022.
Amethyst first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1967 (1967 for girls and 2022 for boys). Birth data for Amethyst is available in 55 out of the 57 years between 1967 and 2023 (55 years for girls and 2 years for boys). 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 Amethyst has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.7% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Amethyst reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 24.0% percentile (ranked #728) with 131 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 131 births per million (ranked 24.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Amethyst ranks #747 for girls (21.1% percentile) with 117 births per million, which is 89.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Amethyst reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #910) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). Currently, Amethyst is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #910 (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Amethyst".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Amethyst. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 80.6% confident that Amethyst is pronounced as A-muh-thihst, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-mih-thihst, at 19.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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