# Amory (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/amory/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “vigor”, “bravery”, “ruler”, “to bother”, “irritate” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,309 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 679 / 630 (48% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 23, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Medieval personal name from Proto-Germanic *amalą (“vigor, bravery”) + *rīks (“ruler”). For the first element, compare *ammōną (“to bother, irritate”).

## What it means

Amory is grouped under king.

## 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 | 13 | 8,661 |
| 2012 | 25 | 5,409 |
| 2013 | 11 | 9,656 |
| 2014 | 27 | 5,036 |
| 2015 | 19 | 6,479 |
| 2016 | 26 | 5,141 |
| 2017 | 24 | 5,361 |
| 2018 | 17 | 6,820 |
| 2019 | 17 | 6,722 |
| 2020 | 33 | 4,178 |
| 2021 | 33 | 4,253 |
| 2022 | 32 | 4,386 |
| 2023 | 17 | 6,693 |
| 2024 | 13 | 8,000 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,000 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 6,272 |
| 2012 | 18 | 5,042 |
| 2013 | 22 | 4,325 |
| 2014 | 17 | 5,262 |
| 2015 | 23 | 4,301 |
| 2016 | 24 | 4,205 |
| 2017 | 21 | 4,603 |
| 2018 | 18 | 5,116 |
| 2019 | 39 | 3,056 |
| 2020 | 38 | 3,025 |
| 2021 | 31 | 3,586 |
| 2022 | 33 | 3,469 |
| 2023 | 24 | 4,349 |
| 2024 | 23 | 4,443 |
| 2025 | 11 | 7,222 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Ամորի
- Catalan: Amalric
- French: Amaury
- German: Amalrich
- Polish: Amalryk

## People named Amory

- Amory Lovins, American energy policy analyst
- Amo Houghton, American politician (1926–2020)

## 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.