Amanda
Latin amanda, “fit to be loved,” coined for literary use in the seventeenth century.
Popularity, 1880–2025
An eighteenth-century literary coinage that became one of the defining girls' names of the 1980s.
Amanda appears in the national records from the very first year, 1880. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American girls in 46 different years between 1880 and 2006. It spent 20 years inside the top 10. Its biggest year was 1987, when 41,786 newborn girls received the name, ranking it No. 3 nationally. Its best ranking came in 1980, at No. 2. In 2025 it ranked No. 493 for girls. All told, 792,774 Americans have been given the name since 1880.
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| Decade | Births | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,280 | No. 87 |
| 1890s | 3,872 | No. 102 |
| 1900s | 2,923 | No. 154 |
| 1910s | 3,643 | No. 229 |
| 1920s | 3,125 | No. 332 |
| 1930s | 1,965 | No. 442 |
| 1940s | 2,759 | No. 416 |
| 1950s | 5,471 | No. 317 |
| 1960s | 17,176 | No. 122 |
| 1970s | 123,920 | No. 3 |
| 1980s | 369,727 | No. 2 |
| 1990s | 191,132 | No. 3 |
| 2000s | 46,660 | No. 32 |
| 2010s | 11,081 | No. 188 |
| 2020s | 3,904 | No. 444 |
Births and rank shown for girls, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.
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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.