How Many People Are Named Amish?

278

people named Amish are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 1,229,441 people in the US has this name

Based on 294 babies named Amish in Social Security records from 1971 to 2016, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#23,146

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#8,285

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Peak Year

1981

17 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.0%
Male
100.0%

All of the babies given the name Amish in the records were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Amish alive today is about 35 years old, and 68% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 23 and 46 in 2025.

Under 30 89
31.9%
30 to 59 190
68.1%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Amish first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 1981, to 17 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2016.

Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2016

🏆 Rank History

Amish has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,679, in 1981.

Boys
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#2,679 (1981)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#4,277 in the 1980s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Amish alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Amish were born in Illinois than in any other state: about 5 of those alive today.

Illinois 5
New Jersey 5

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