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Amanda

Pronounced /əˈmændə/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1985 · #744
Origin
Latin
Also recorded for girls:617 in 2024 (#496)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No boys were recorded as Amanda in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1985 with 143 babies, ranked #744.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1899.
  • 2,136 boys have been named Amanda since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Amanda per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 10 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 574 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,407 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Z: 140 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Derived from Latin Amanda, feminine form of the saint's name Amandus, from amandus, future passive participle of amāre (“to love”): thus meaning "who/which is to be loved". Taken into regular use as an English given name from 18th-century literature. Doublet of Aimee.

  • A female given name from Latin.
Origin
Latin
Say it
/əˈmændə/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Amanda, CC BY-SA 4.0.