first name
AMOS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 16,832 people named Amos, 55% reported their origin as White, 30.1% as Black and 6.7% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Amos peaked in 1922, when 558 babies got the name.
At least 36,600 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Amos by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #289. The largest share of babies named Amos, 23.8%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Amos is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Amos has been most common in Mississippi (3.8×), Alabama (2.9×), and Georgia (2.3×), and least common in Utah (0.18×).
28,080 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Amos
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Amos, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Amos ranks #1,551 of 156,621, with 22,595 people. See Amos as a last name
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