Is Amor a boy or girl name?

Amor is a unisex name. Of the 2,958 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 76.3% were girls and 23.7% were boys.

Amor

Recorded 1912–2025 · United States

Amor was most popular in 2024, when 228 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,047 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,471, with 169 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,958 people named Amor.

Amor over time

Births per year. The dot marks Amor’s peak in 2024. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Amor a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Amor is a unisex name — 76.3% of the 2,958 Americans given it were girls and 23.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 73% girls and 27% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Amor

Where Amor is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org