How Many People Are Named Amon?

2,057

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

About 1 in 166,156 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,829 babies named Amon in Social Security records from 1882 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#6,619

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#2,463

See the top 100

Peak Year

2023

71 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Egyptian Mythology (Anglicized)
Pronunciation: AH-mun (English)
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

From Αμμων (Ammon), the Greek form of Egyptian Ymn (reconstructed as Yamanu) which meant "the hidden one". In early Egyptian mythology he was a god of the air, creativity and fertility, who was particularly revered in Thebes. Later, during the Middle Kingdom, his attributes were combined with those of the god Ra and he was worshipped as the supreme solar deity Amon-Ra.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Same Sound, Other Spellings

These names are pronounced like Amon in English. Counting Amon and these spellings together, about 4,363 people alive in the US have the name.

Related & Similar Names

AmenAmmonAmunYamanuAmenemhetAmenhotepAmon-Ra

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.0%
Male
100.0%

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

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Amon alive today is about 26 years old, and 66% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 39 in 2025.

Under 30 1,363
66.2%
30 to 59 523
25.4%
60 and over 172
8.4%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Amon first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 2023, to 71 babies. In 2025, 40 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Amon has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #823, in 1887. In 2025 it ranked #3,037.

Boys
Rank in 2025#3,037
Best rank#823 (1887)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#2,410 in the 2000s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

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

More people named Amon were born in Texas than in any other state: about 98 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Amon was given about 3.4 times as often in Texas.

Texas 98
Georgia 40
California 38
North Carolina 17
Michigan 14
Virginia 13
Florida 13
Pennsylvania 11
New York 10
Ohio 7
Maryland 6
Arizona 5

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