Amaris

What Amaris means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Amaris yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1968, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Amaris?

US: Steady: #791 in 2015, #754 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1549 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 360 girls got the name (#754 that year). First in the US records in 1968.

How common

• About 1 in 4,465 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 8,170 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 NM (2.78 per 1,000 girls), MD (0.5 per 1,000 girls), OR (0.46 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Amaris is #754 in the US and #1079 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 84.7% of US babies named Amaris were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Amarys12 US
• Amiris6 US
• Ameris6 US
• Amariz5 US
• Amiras5 US
• Amyris5 US

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 Amaris

Girls

• Adeline#59Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*
• Elianna#218Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #598 in 2015, #218 in 2025
• Leilani#60Hawaiian, meaning “a lei; a child + heavenly, royal”^*
• Ellie#24Editor’s note Up from #48 in 2015 to #24 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US girls in the 2025 records
• Alani#161Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #529 in 2015, #161 in 2025
• Rory#230“red-haired king”^*

For a brother

• Emiliano#94Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #94 vs #1,359 in 2025
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Matteo#146Italian, from Latin Matthaeus, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Kai#93“warrior”^*
• Leonardo#91Italian, from Old French Leonard, meaning “as strong as a lion”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Amaris’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.