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Amos
Pronounced /ˈeɪ.məs/
Rank in 2024
#699
Born in 2024
386
Peak year
1922 · #237
Origin
Hebrew
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 386 boys were named Amos, about 1 in every 4,444.
- It peaked in 1922 with 558 babies, ranked #237.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 36,145 boys have been named Amos since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Amos per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.5Greatest1901–27
- 0.3Silent1928–45
- 0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 8,686 babies, 0.52 per 1,000. Silent: 5,807 babies, 0.28 per 1,000. Boomers: 5,088 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Gen X: 3,345 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,339 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,951 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,620 babies, 0.21 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ˈeɪ.məs/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Amos, CC BY-SA 4.0.