Amanda Girl

How popular is Amanda?

#493 girl name in 2025

601 baby girls were named Amanda in the US in 2025, making it the 493rd most popular girl name.

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750,810living people named Amanda (est.)
40median age of people named Amanda
792,774babies named Amanda since 1880
1 in 5,516US babies born in 2025

Amanda popularity over time

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Boys Girls

Rank in 2025#493 for girls (▲ 2 from 2024)
Babies in 2025601 girls
10-year trendFalling (-42% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#313 in 2015, #444 in 2020
Peak year1987 (41,786 girls)
Highest rank#2 in 1980
First recorded1880
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Where Amanda is most popular

Babies named Amanda per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. Pennsylvania: 1.0 per 1,000 (225 girls)
  2. Florida: 0.8 per 1,000 (329 girls)
  3. Ohio: 0.6 per 1,000 (146 girls)
  4. Indiana: 0.6 per 1,000 (86 girls)
  5. Kentucky: 0.6 per 1,000 (51 girls)

Amanda by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1880s3,280#87
1890s3,872#102
1900s2,923#154
1910s3,643#229
1920s3,125#332
1930s1,965#442
1940s2,759#416
1950s5,471#317
1960s17,176#122
1970s123,920#3
1980s369,727#2
1990s191,132#3
2000s46,660#32
2010s11,081#188
2020s3,904#444

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Questions

Is Amanda a boy or girl name?
Amanda is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Amanda were girls.
How popular is the name Amanda?
601 baby girls were named Amanda in the US in 2025, making it the 493rd most popular girl name.
When was Amanda most popular?
Amanda peaked in 1987, when 41,786 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2 in 1980.
How many people are named Amanda?
792,774 babies have been named Amanda in the US since 1880. We estimate about 750,810 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 40.
Where is Amanda most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Amanda was most common in Pennsylvania, at 1.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.