How Many People Are Named Amos?
people named Amos are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 18,389 people in the US has this name
Based on 36,600 babies named Amos in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
558 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "carried" in Hebrew. Amos is one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament, the author of the Book of Amos, which speaks against greed, corruption and oppression of the poor. Written about the 8th century BC, it is among the oldest of the prophetic books. As an English name, Amos has been used since the Protestant Reformation, and was popular among the Puritans.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Amos (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Amos alive today is about 37 years old, and 43% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 60 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Amos first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1922, to 558 babies. In 2025, 364 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Amos has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #105, in 1880. In 2025 it ranked #730.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #730 |
| Best rank | #105 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #256 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Amos alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Amos were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 2,163 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Amos was given 3.3 times as often in Mississippi, 2.6 times in Alabama and 2.2 times in Georgia.
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