Amanda

Amanda was the #493 girls' name in the US in 2025 (601 babies), and #983 in England & Wales and #429 in Canada.

Amanda as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Amanda as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSIrelandEngland & Wales
Amanda as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#493 (601)#983 (35)——#608 (5)#429 (73)—
2024#495 (621)#1,036 (33)——#631 (5)#591 (50)—
2023#483 (636)#794 (45)#749 (3)—#495 (7)#364 (81)—
2022#459 (691)#775 (47)—#354 (4)#747 (4)#366 (83)—
2021#473 (660)#699 (54)#792 (3)—#322 (13)#421 (74)—
2020#444 (695)#735 (50)——#444 (8)#392 (80)—
2019#405 (770)#682 (57)#765 (3)—#313 (14)#399 (81)—
2018#368 (855)#602 (68)——#436 (9)#324 (102)—
2017#335 (968)#582 (73)#570 (5)#355 (4)#471 (8)#288 (114)—
2016#326 (1,005)#503 (86)#413 (8)#440 (3)#419 (10)#268 (122)—
2015#313 (1,034)#475 (91)#416 (8)—#306 (16)#277 (119)—
2014#310 (1,060)#629 (64)#346 (11)—#291 (17)#276 (120)—
2013#297 (1,076)#584 (70)#564 (5)#327 (5)#254 (20)#287 (113)—
2012#262 (1,236)#470 (95)——#264 (19)#240 (142)—
2011#224 (1,413)#499 (85)#579 (5)#363 (4)#299 (17)#210 (154)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1987 at #3.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,700 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 7,200uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Amanda is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,600 to 1 in 2,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Amanda by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #612WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #586WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: #619ILMichigan: #589MINew York: #388NYMassachusetts: #519MAOregon: #483ORNevada: #433NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #481INOhio: #473OHPennsylvania: #271PANew Jersey: #447NJConnecticut: #350CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #474CAUtah: #361UTColorado: #789CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #373MOKentucky: #443KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #936VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #676AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #748TNNorth Carolina: #601NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: #776LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #520ALGeorgia: #487GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #407TXFlorida: #342FL
Amanda (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#28619
Ontario2024#67518

Amanda (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AmandaCanadaGirls#42973
AmandaCanadaBoys—too few
AmandaEngland & WalesGirls#98335
AmandaIrelandGirls#6085
AmandaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AmandaNSWGirls—too few
AmandaScotlandGirls—too few
AmandaUSGirls#493601
AmandaUSBoys—too few