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In the United States 0 50 100 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Girls 2017 Boys 2019 per million babies of that sex 4,469 babies given this name since 1967 At its height in 2019, about 1 in 10,700 boys 155 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Amber Girl From the English word for fossilized tree resin, which comes via Medieval Latin from Arabic ʿanbar (originally… Victorian · peak 1986 Amir Boy From Arabic amir 'commander, prince'; in Hebrew a separate name Amir means 'treetop'. Modern · peak 2020 Amari Girl or boy Uncertain. Origins in Arabic, Yoruba or Hebrew are claimed but not established; in the US largely a modern coinage. Modern · peak 2020 Amara Girl Has several sources: Igbo Amara 'grace', and coincidences with Sanskrit amara 'immortal' and Latin amarus 'bitter';… Modern · peak 2019 Ambrose Boy Greek ambrosios, 'immortal, divine'. Early Medieval · peak 1881 Amaury Boy From Germanic Amalric, probably amal 'work, vigour' and ric 'ruler'. Middle Ages · peak 2009 Amerigo Boy An Italian form of Germanic Emmerich (Haimirich), probably from haim 'home' and ric 'ruler', though the first… Middle Ages · forgotten Aymeric Boy Uncertain. Traced to Germanic names such as Haimirich (haim 'home' and ric 'ruler') or Amalric; the forms became mixed. Middle Ages Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.