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Amar

Pronounced /ˈɑː.mɑː/

Rank in 2024
#1,242
Born in 2024
160
Peak year
2023 · #1168
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 160 boys were named Amar, about 1 in every 10,721.
  • It peaked in 2023 with 177 babies, ranked #1168.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1967.
  • 4,856 boys have been named Amar since 1880.

Who else has this name

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

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

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 328 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 771 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,910 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,847 babies, 0.09 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Borrowed from Sanskrit अमर (amara, “undying, immortal, imperishable”).

  • A male given name.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈɑː.mɑː/

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

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyRising

    Amir

    Rank
    #95
    Born '24
    3,625
    Origin
    Arabic
    1880peak 20232024
  • GirlBoySteady

    Omar

    Rank
    #260
    Born '24
    1,343
    Origin
    Arabic
    1880peak 20072024
  • GirlBoyRising

    Emir

    Rank
    #558
    Born '24
    530
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20242024
  • GirlBoySteady

    Ameer

    Rank
    #930
    Born '24
    248
    Origin
    Arabic
    1880peak 20212024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Ahmir

    Rank
    #1,034
    Born '24
    215
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20222024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Umar

    Rank
    #1,161
    Born '24
    179
    Origin
    Arabic
    1880peak 20242024