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Name meaning & stats

Amos

Amos (Hebrew origin). 21,409 US babies since 1940, peak 2021.

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What it means

No agreed meaning on record

Hebrew

In US birth records

Peak year: 2021

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21,409 US babies were named Amos between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Amos (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

The most common spelling: 80% of the family

  • Amos 80%
  • Amias 12%
  • Ames 6%
  • Amish 1%
  • Amais 1%
  • Amyas <1%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2021)