Amaru
Amaru was the 2390th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 57 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 2254th with 62 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,599 places. More babies were named Amaru in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,390 boys, down 122 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 57boys
- Girls and boys
- 10% girls, 90% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202162 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,025babies recorded
Amaru popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,897 | #2,390 | 11 | 57 |
| 2020 | — | #2,268 | — | 60 |
| 2010 | — | #3,998 | — | 25 |
| 2000 | — | #5,597 | — | 12 |
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How popular is Amaru, counting every spelling?
Amaru has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Amaru?
57 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Amaru (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Amaru born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 147 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Amaru.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Amaru?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Amaru are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 5 and 19. That makes Amaru a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Amaru by state
How common Amaru was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (1.6×). In 46 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Amaru
How popular is the name Amaru?
Amaru was the 2390th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 57 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 2254th with 62 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,599 places. More babies were named Amaru in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Amaru a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 10% girls, 90% boys given the name Amaru in the US.
Where is Amaru most popular?
In 2021–2025, Amaru was most common in Georgia (0.06 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and New York.