Amanda

What Amanda means

Means “to love”

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".

Source: Wiktionary, “Amanda” (revision 94534425), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Amanda?

US: Falling: down from #313 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #475 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1987, when 41,786 girls got the name (#3 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 2,674 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 7,237 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in PA (0.86 per 1,000 girls), CT (0.7 per 1,000 girls), UT (0.7 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Amanda is #493 in the US and #983 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Amanda were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Amanat30 US · 50 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Amanda

Girls

• Laura#379“laurel tree”^*
• Sara#198Variant of Sarah, meaning “masters, princes”^*
• Monica#736Editor’s note Down from #559 in 2015 to #736 in 2025 in the US
• Priscilla#544“former, ancient, old-fashioned”^*
• Gloria#654“glory”^*
• Rosa#652“rose”^*

For a brother

• Mark#244Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1960, with 58,727 babies; 1,416 in 2025
• Paul#262“small”^*
• Martin#335“of or like Mars”^*
• Justin#233“just”^*
• Lawrence#518Editor’s note Down from #499 in 2015 to #518 in 2025 in the US
• Marcus#258Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1984, with 5,996 babies; 1,341 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Amanda’s. Rank is US 2025.