NameTides

Amaru

Amaru was the #2,390 boys' name in the US in 2025 (57 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales.

Amaru as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Amaru as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Amaru as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,390 (57)#5,137 (3)—
2024#2,370 (59)—#3,072 (5)
2023#2,387 (57)#4,992 (3)—
2022#2,753 (47)#4,002 (4)—
2021#2,253 (62)——
2020#2,264 (60)——
2019#2,694 (47)#3,411 (5)—
2018#2,994 (39)#4,749 (3)—
2017#3,123 (37)#2,734 (7)—
2016#3,681 (29)#4,810 (3)—
2015#3,982 (26)——
2014#4,138 (24)#4,632 (3)—
2013#3,189 (34)#4,685 (3)—
2012#3,059 (37)—#1,971 (8)
2011#3,510 (30)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #2,264.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1996.
  • In 2025, 16% of US babies named Amaru were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 30,000 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 30,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Amaru is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 30,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 24,000 to 1 in 38,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Amaru by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,364CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #1,353FL
Amaru (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AmaruCanadaBoys—too few
AmaruEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
AmaruUSGirls#8,86011
AmaruUSBoys#2,39057