boys:
2.7k births since 1882
#2413 (47th percentile)
overall:
2.7k births since 1882
#5155 (33rd percentile)
The name Amon is the #5,155 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,732 recorded births since 1882. This represents the 33.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 33.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,413 (47.4% percentile) for all time with 2,732 births since 1882.
Amon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1882 (first recorded for boys in 1882). Birth data for Amon is available in 124 out of the 142 years between 1882 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Amon reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 7.3% percentile (ranked #845) with 39 births per million. The name was most common in 1887, with 55 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Amon ranks #845 for boys (7.3% percentile) with 39 births per million, which is 70.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Amon".
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Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Amon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 32.7% confident that Amon is pronounced as AY-muhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AH-muhn, at 25.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like EY1 M AH0 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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