girls:
608 births since 1936
#5108 (11th percentile)
boys:
645 births since 1915
#3942 (14th percentile)
overall:
1.3k births since 1915
#6488 (16th percentile)
The name Amory is the #6,488 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,253 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 16.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 16.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,942 (14.0% percentile) for all time with 645 births since 1915. For girls, it ranks #5,108 (10.6% percentile) for all time with 608 births since 1936.
Amory first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for boys and 1936 for girls). Birth data for Amory is available in 61 out of the 109 years between 1915 and 2023 (56 years for boys and 47 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 Amory is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 58.5% of babies named Amory were boys.
For boys, Amory reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 3.7% percentile (ranked #883) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 21 births per million (ranked 3.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Amory ranks #892 for boys (2.1% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 63.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Amory reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 3.0% percentile (ranked #908) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Amory ranks #935 for girls (1.3% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 52.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Amory".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Amory", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 4 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Amore" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Amore..
Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Amory. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 46.5% confident that Amory is pronounced as A-mer-ee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AY-mer-ee, at 25.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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