How Many People Are Named Amparo?

2,003

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

About 1 in 170,636 people in the US has this name

Based on 3,333 babies named Amparo in Social Security records from 1911 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#6,736

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#3,765

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Peak Year

1927

73 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Spanish
Pronunciation: am-PA-ro
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Means "protection, shelter" in Spanish.

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

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
99.6%
Male
0.4%

Almost all of the babies given the name Amparo (99.6%) were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Amparo alive today is about 52 years old, and 45% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 35 and 69 in 2025.

Under 30 340
17%
30 to 59 897
44.8%
60 and over 766
38.2%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Amparo first appears in the records in 1911 and was given most often in 1927, to 73 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1911 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Amparo has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #845, in 1928. In 2025 it ranked #10,997.

Girls
Rank in 2025#10,997
Best rank#845 (1928)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#970 in the 1920s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

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

More people named Amparo were born in California than in any other state: about 639 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Amparo was given 8.7 times as often in Texas and 5.3 times in California.

California 639
Texas 578
New York 40
Illinois 21
Arizona 1

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