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Amos

Boy's name · #730 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Amos holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#730 in 2025). About 37,000 boys have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 34 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#23 in Finland (Swedish-sp.) (2025) · #416 in Austria (2025) · #447 in Belgium (2025) · #610 in Sweden (2025) · #653 in Scotland (2025) · #688 in England & Wales (2025) · #803 in Switzerland (2025) · #831 in Netherlands (2025) · #844 in Ireland (2025) · #1,458 in France (2025) · #1,072 in Canada (2024).

Famous Amoses

• Amos Oz — Israeli writer, novelist, journalist and intellectual (1939–2018)
• Amos — 8th-century BCE Israelite biblical prophet, Christian saint, traditionally linked to the Book of Amos
• Amos Bronson Alcott — American teacher, writer, philosopher, and reformer (1799–1888)
• Amos Tversky — Israeli psychologist (1937–1996)
• Amos Tutuola — Nigerian writer (1920–1997)

In stories & tradition

• Amos Diggory — Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (musical stage work)
• Amos Fortune — Smallville (TV series)
• Amos Brearly — Emmerdale (TV series)

What Amoses become

Among 545 notable people named Amos:

Political leaders appear 2.05× more often than among typical names — e.g. Amos Sawyer, Liberian politician (1945–2022).

Similar names: Reuben · Amar · Ira · Hans · Josh · Moses

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