NameTides

Amethyst

Amethyst was the #1,241 girls' name in the US in 2025 (181 babies), and #3,478 in Canada.

Amethyst as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Amethyst as a girl’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.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Amethyst as a girl’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.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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#1,241 (181)—#3,478 (5)
2024#1,305 (176)#4,844 (4)#3,383 (5)
2023#1,168 (206)#2,504 (10)#1,491 (15)
2022#1,069 (235)#3,149 (7)—
2021#1,143 (215)#4,634 (4)#2,377 (8)
2020#1,236 (184)——
2019#1,239 (189)#4,001 (5)#2,872 (6)
2018#1,338 (168)#4,684 (4)#2,344 (8)
2017#1,317 (177)#5,765 (3)—
2016#1,439 (160)#4,763 (4)—
2015#1,667 (128)#3,252 (7)—
2014#2,049 (95)#4,003 (5)#2,374 (8)
2013#3,005 (55)#4,739 (4)—
2012#2,449 (75)#5,876 (3)#2,338 (8)
2011#2,796 (62)#2,893 (8)#2,899 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #1,069.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1967.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,800 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 8,800uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Amethyst is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 8,200 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Amethyst 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: #863MINew York: #1,165NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #619ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #651INOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,409CAUtah: 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: #676AZNew 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: #1,087TXFlorida: #2,151FL
Amethyst (girls) 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
AmethystCanadaGirls#3,4785
AmethystEngland & WalesGirls—too few
AmethystNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AmethystUSGirls#1,241181
AmethystUSBoys—too few