How Many People Are Named Amaryllis?
people named Amaryllis are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 216,319 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,852 babies named Amaryllis in Social Security records from 1926 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
73 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived from Greek αμαρυσσω (amarysso) "to sparkle". This was the name of a heroine in Virgil's epic poem 'Eclogues'. The amaryllis flower is named for her.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Amaryllis in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Amaryllis alive today is about 21 years old, and 74% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 31 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Amaryllis first appears in the records in 1926 and was given most often in 2023, to 73 babies. In 2025, 73 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1926 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Amaryllis has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,139, in 1927. In 2025 it ranked #2,439.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,439 |
| Best rank | #1,139 (1927) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,253 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Amaryllis alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Amaryllis were born in California than in any other state: about 120 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Amaryllis was given 2.7 times as often in Florida, 2.5 times in California and 2.2 times in New York.
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