# Amanda (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/amanda/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “to love”, “who/which is to be loved” |
| Pronunciation | /əˈmændə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Mandy, Manda |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 792,774 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,136 / 790,638 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,622, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Derived from Latin Amanda, feminine form of the saint's name Amandus, from amandus, future passive participle of amāre (“to love”): thus meaning "who/which is to be loved". Taken into regular use as an English given name from 18th-century literature. Doublet of Aimee.

## What it means

Amanda is grouped under love.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,413 | 224 |
| 2012 | 1,236 | 262 |
| 2013 | 1,076 | 297 |
| 2014 | 1,060 | 310 |
| 2015 | 1,034 | 313 |
| 2016 | 1,005 | 326 |
| 2017 | 968 | 335 |
| 2018 | 855 | 368 |
| 2019 | 770 | 405 |
| 2020 | 695 | 444 |
| 2021 | 660 | 474 |
| 2022 | 691 | 459 |
| 2023 | 636 | 483 |
| 2024 | 621 | 495 |
| 2025 | 601 | 493 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 42 | 1,980 |
| 1995 | 32 | 2,400 |
| 1996 | 24 | 3,023 |
| 1997 | 24 | 3,065 |
| 1998 | 14 | 4,659 |
| 1999 | 15 | 4,546 |
| 2000 | 11 | 5,937 |
| 2001 | 11 | 6,031 |
| 2002 | 7 | 8,492 |
| 2003 | 9 | 7,264 |
| 2004 | 19 | 4,426 |
| 2005 | 9 | 7,658 |
| 2006 | 10 | 7,452 |
| 2007 | 6 | 10,994 |
| 2011 | 5 | 12,380 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 85 | 499 |
| 2012 | 95 | 470 |
| 2013 | 70 | 584 |
| 2014 | 64 | 629 |
| 2015 | 91 | 475 |
| 2016 | 86 | 503 |
| 2017 | 73 | 582 |
| 2018 | 68 | 602 |
| 2019 | 57 | 682 |
| 2020 | 50 | 735 |
| 2021 | 54 | 699 |
| 2022 | 47 | 775 |
| 2023 | 45 | 794 |
| 2024 | 33 | 1,036 |
| 2025 | 35 | 983 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Ама́нда
- Danish: Amanda
- Finnish: Amanda
- French: Amanda
- German: Amanda
- Greek: Αμάντα
- Italian: Amanda
- Norwegian: Amanda
- Polish: Amanda
- Portuguese: Amanda
- Russian: Ама́нда
- Spanish: Amanda
- Swedish: Amanda

## People named Amanda

- Amanda Seyfried, American actress (born 1985)
- Amanda Peet, American actress
- Amanda Bynes, American actress, rapper, artist, musician and fashion designer (born 1986)
- Amanda Gorman, American poet and activist (born 1998)
- Amanda Lear, French singer, actress, television presenter
- Amanda Tapping, English-born Canadian actress
- Amanda Righetti, American actress
- Amanda Palmer, American musician (born 1976)
- Amanda Plummer, American actress
- Amanda Holden, English actress
- Amanda Anisimova, American tennis player
- Amanda Bearse, American actress, comedian and director (born 1958)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.