Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Amos

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Amos
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1922

Peak rank proxy

558

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19222024

Peak year

1922

Decline from peak

30.8%

2024

386

All-time

36,145

Amos has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1922, when 558 boys were named Amos.

In 2024, only 386 boys were given the name.

Down 30.8% from its peak.

All told, about 36,145 Americans have been named Amos and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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