Amos

What Amos means

Means “to carry; a burden”

From Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Amos” (revision 94534442), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Amos?

US: Steady: #725 in 2015, #730 now. England & Wales: Steady: #702 in 2015, #687 now.

Biggest US share so far: 1884, when 137 boys got the name (#110 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 4,693 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 5,230 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,910 baby boys in Scotland 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 MT (1.33 per 1,000 boys), MO (0.76 per 1,000 boys), PA (0.75 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Amos is #730 in the US and #687 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Amos were boys.

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

• Ames92 US
• Amais67 US
• Amza0 US · 9 E&W
• Aimes5 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 Amos

Boys

• Elliott#160“my God is Yahweh”^*
• Elliot#151Variant of Elliott, meaning “my God is Yahweh”^*
• Jethro#952Editor’s note Up from #1,481 in 2015 to #952 in 2025 in the US
• Ira#819“watchful”^*
• Samson#477Editor’s note Up from #618 in 2015 to #477 in 2025 in the US
• Raphael#394“God cures/has healed”^*

For a sister

• Ariella#174Form of Ariel, meaning “lion of God”^*
• Esther#119“star”^*
• Elsie#123Diminutive of Alison, meaning “of noble kind”^*
• Davina#749Feminine form of David, meaning “beloved”^*
• Lena#279“the Large River”^*
• Ari#614“lion”^*

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