Amar

Boy name

Amar has been given to 5,334 babies in the U.S. since 1967. It peaked in 2023.

Meaning & origin /ˈɑː.mɑː/

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

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

5,334

Peak year

2023 (196 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1967

10-year trend

▼ -13%

Gender split

6% girls / 94% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Amar.

5,342 babies since 1882

5,369 babies since 1995

5,385 babies since 1887

5,398 babies since 1958

5,255 babies since 1925

5,424 babies since 1981

5,431 babies since 1979

5,230 babies since 2002

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