# Amethyst (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/amethyst/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,576 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 16 / 4,560 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 120, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the gemstone amethyst.

## 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 | 62 | 2,798 |
| 2012 | 75 | 2,450 |
| 2013 | 55 | 3,008 |
| 2014 | 95 | 2,051 |
| 2015 | 128 | 1,668 |
| 2016 | 160 | 1,440 |
| 2017 | 177 | 1,317 |
| 2018 | 168 | 1,338 |
| 2019 | 189 | 1,239 |
| 2020 | 184 | 1,236 |
| 2021 | 215 | 1,143 |
| 2022 | 235 | 1,069 |
| 2023 | 206 | 1,168 |
| 2024 | 176 | 1,306 |
| 2025 | 181 | 1,242 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | 12,249 |
| 2022 | 5 | 12,459 |
| 2023 | 6 | 10,893 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2010 | 7 | 3,156 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3,252 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,504 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |

## People named Amethyst

- Iggy Azalea, Australian rapper (born 1990)

## 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.