Is Amparo a boy or girl name?

Amparo is a girl’s name. Of the 3,333 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 99.5% were girls and 0.5% were boys.

Amparo

Recorded 1911–2025 · United States

Amparo was most popular in 1927, when 73 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,566 that year. In 2025 it ranked #18,449, with 8 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,333 people named Amparo.

Amparo over time

Births per year. The dot marks Amparo’s peak in 1927. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Amparo a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Amparo is a girl’s name — 99.5% of the 3,333 Americans given it were girls and 0.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% 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 Amparo

Where Amparo 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