# Amar (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/amar/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “undying”, “immortal”, “imperishable” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɑ.mɑɹ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,334 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,989 / 345 (6% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,576, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अमर (amara, “undying, immortal, imperishable”).

## 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 | 7 | 13,445 |
| 2012 | 12 | 9,148 |
| 2013 | 18 | 6,741 |
| 2014 | 16 | 7,328 |
| 2015 | 13 | 8,485 |
| 2016 | 15 | 7,626 |
| 2017 | 24 | 5,358 |
| 2018 | 13 | 8,186 |
| 2019 | 13 | 8,169 |
| 2020 | 13 | 8,002 |
| 2021 | 15 | 7,278 |
| 2022 | 22 | 5,652 |
| 2023 | 18 | 6,425 |
| 2024 | 16 | 6,955 |
| 2025 | 17 | 6,560 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 138 | 1,250 |
| 2012 | 144 | 1,226 |
| 2013 | 145 | 1,234 |
| 2014 | 155 | 1,188 |
| 2015 | 158 | 1,174 |
| 2016 | 139 | 1,304 |
| 2017 | 156 | 1,192 |
| 2018 | 143 | 1,283 |
| 2019 | 167 | 1,162 |
| 2020 | 143 | 1,281 |
| 2021 | 171 | 1,161 |
| 2022 | 133 | 1,393 |
| 2023 | 178 | 1,163 |
| 2024 | 160 | 1,241 |
| 2025 | 132 | 1,388 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 5 | 2,868 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3,594 |
| 2004 | 5 | 3,197 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,674 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 43 | 732 |
| 2012 | 41 | 783 |
| 2013 | 38 | 804 |
| 2014 | 40 | 781 |
| 2015 | 29 | 996 |
| 2016 | 46 | 732 |
| 2017 | 41 | 794 |
| 2018 | 39 | 810 |
| 2019 | 35 | 856 |
| 2020 | 49 | 690 |
| 2021 | 46 | 738 |
| 2022 | 50 | 679 |
| 2023 | 73 | 530 |
| 2024 | 72 | 535 |
| 2025 | 55 | 658 |

## People named Amar

- Amar Dedić, Bosnian association football player
- Amar Benikhlef, Algerian judoka
- Amar Osim, Bosnian footballer
- Amar Memić, Bosnian footballer (born 2001)
- Agdanbuugyn Amar, former president of Mongolia (1886-1941)
- Amar Rahmanović, Bosnian footballer
- Amar Ezzahi, Algerian musician and singer
- Amar Ammour, Algerian association footballer
- Amar Rouaï, Algerian footballer (1932-2017)
- Amar Meridja, Algerian judoka
- Amar Ćatić, Bosnian association football player (1999-)
- Amar Alibegović, Bosnian basketball player with Italian citizenship

## 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.