How Many People Are Named Amethyst?
people named Amethyst are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 75,616 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,576 babies named Amethyst in Social Security records from 1967 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
ππ Very Rare
Peak Year
240 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the name of the purple semi-precious stone, which is derived from the Greek negative prefix Ξ± (a) and ΞΌΞ΅ΞΈΟ ΟΟΞΏΟ (methystos) meaning "intoxicated, drunk", as it was believed to be a remedy against drunkenness.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Amethyst (99.7%) were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Amethyst alive today is about 17 years old, and 79% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 27 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Amethyst first appears in the records in 1967 and was given most often in 2022, to 240 babies. In 2025, 181 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1967 to 2025
π Rank History
Amethyst has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,069, in 2022. In 2025 it ranked #1,242.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,242 |
| Best rank | #1,069 (2022) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,197 in the 2020s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Amethyst alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Amethyst were born in Texas than in any other state: about 654 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Amethyst was given 2.6 times as often in Texas, 1.6 times in Arizona and 1.6 times in California.
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