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“undying, immortal, imperishable”
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English (Southern England)
01 / Meaning & origin
Amar is a masculine given name documented in English, Dutch and Serbo-Croatian. English Wiktionary traces it to Sanskrit अमर, with the stated meaning “undying, immortal, imperishable”.
Separate records with matching spellings: Amar (English, Serbo-Croatian)
Meaning: “undying, immortal, imperishable”
Borrowed from Sanskrit अमर (amara, “undying, immortal, imperishable”).
02 / Across borders
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United States, 2025: 132 boys (rank 1388). Documented as a given name in English.
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1900–2025 Spelling: AMAR
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Source: Insee · Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
« VALEUR : fréquence arrondie au multiple de 5 le plus proche ». « La mise en place de cet arrondi, à partir de la diffusion de juillet 2025, est motivée par la variabilité de quelques unités d'une année à l'autre des fréquences et par la mise en œuvre des obligations relatives au secret statistique. » « En raison des arrondis, la somme des effectifs départementaux peut différer des effectifs régionaux ou nationaux. » Every observation is therefore valueStatus=rounded (verified: 0 rows with a count that is not a multiple of 5).
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1901 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1902 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1903 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1904 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1905 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1906 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1907 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1908 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1909 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1910 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1911 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1912 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1913 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1914 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1915 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1916 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1917 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1918 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1919 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1920 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1921 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1922 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1923 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1924 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1925 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1926 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1927 | 5 | 1,009 | rounded |
| 1928 | 5 | 823 | rounded |
| 1929 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1930 | 5 | 708 | rounded |
| 1931 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1932 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1933 | 5 | 768 | rounded |
| 1934 | 5 | 691 | rounded |
| 1935 | 5 | 623 | rounded |
| 1936 | 5 | 719 | rounded |
| 1937 | 5 | 545 | rounded |
| 1938 | 5 | 768 | rounded |
| 1939 | 15 | 335 | rounded |
| 1940 | 10 | 411 | rounded |
| 1941 | 5 | 546 | rounded |
| 1942 | 5 | 642 | rounded |
| 1943 | 5 | 576 | rounded |
| 1944 | 10 | 473 | rounded |
| 1945 | 20 | 268 | rounded |
| 1946 | 25 | 270 | rounded |
| 1947 | 30 | 257 | rounded |
| 1948 | 30 | 259 | rounded |
| 1949 | 45 | 218 | rounded |
| 1950 | 50 | 208 | rounded |
| 1951 | 50 | 213 | rounded |
| 1952 | 60 | 192 | rounded |
| 1953 | 40 | 238 | rounded |
| 1954 | 70 | 191 | rounded |
| 1955 | 55 | 222 | rounded |
| 1956 | 60 | 209 | rounded |
| 1957 | 95 | 184 | rounded |
| 1958 | 105 | 174 | rounded |
| 1959 | 105 | 179 | rounded |
| 1960 | 115 | 178 | rounded |
| 1961 | 135 | 167 | rounded |
| 1962 | 135 | 169 | rounded |
| 1963 | 170 | 158 | rounded |
| 1964 | 165 | 165 | rounded |
| 1965 | 175 | 163 | rounded |
| 1966 | 175 | 168 | rounded |
| 1967 | 200 | 166 | rounded |
| 1968 | 160 | 187 | rounded |
| 1969 | 165 | 190 | rounded |
| 1970 | 155 | 207 | rounded |
| 1971 | 160 | 219 | rounded |
| 1972 | 135 | 242 | rounded |
| 1973 | 140 | 233 | rounded |
| 1974 | 135 | 249 | rounded |
| 1975 | 125 | 254 | rounded |
| 1976 | 110 | 273 | rounded |
| 1977 | 95 | 295 | rounded |
| 1978 | 85 | 315 | rounded |
| 1979 | 100 | 295 | rounded |
| 1980 | 110 | 301 | rounded |
| 1981 | 115 | 295 | rounded |
| 1982 | 110 | 304 | rounded |
| 1983 | 105 | 307 | rounded |
| 1984 | 85 | 340 | rounded |
| 1985 | 105 | 313 | rounded |
| 1986 | 75 | 380 | rounded |
| 1987 | 75 | 385 | rounded |
| 1988 | 70 | 409 | rounded |
| 1989 | 85 | 364 | rounded |
| 1990 | 60 | 463 | rounded |
| 1991 | 65 | 461 | rounded |
| 1992 | 50 | 545 | rounded |
| 1993 | 55 | 508 | rounded |
| 1994 | 50 | 542 | rounded |
| 1995 | 55 | 547 | rounded |
| 1996 | 40 | 626 | rounded |
| 1997 | 45 | 608 | rounded |
| 1998 | 45 | 629 | rounded |
| 1999 | 45 | 666 | rounded |
| 2000 | 45 | 666 | rounded |
| 2001 | 40 | 781 | rounded |
| 2002 | 55 | 652 | rounded |
| 2003 | 60 | 592 | rounded |
| 2004 | 50 | 691 | rounded |
| 2005 | 55 | 701 | rounded |
| 2006 | 60 | 683 | rounded |
| 2007 | 50 | 796 | rounded |
| 2008 | 50 | 836 | rounded |
| 2009 | 55 | 792 | rounded |
| 2010 | 50 | 890 | rounded |
| 2011 | 65 | 726 | rounded |
| 2012 | 50 | 851 | rounded |
| 2013 | 80 | 644 | rounded |
| 2014 | 65 | 756 | rounded |
| 2015 | 85 | 609 | rounded |
| 2016 | 70 | 707 | rounded |
| 2017 | 90 | 567 | rounded |
| 2018 | 70 | 672 | rounded |
| 2019 | 70 | 673 | rounded |
| 2020 | 75 | 641 | rounded |
| 2021 | 70 | 652 | rounded |
| 2022 | 90 | 542 | rounded |
| 2023 | 90 | 528 | rounded |
| 2024 | 60 | 715 | rounded |
| 2025 | 75 | 574 | rounded |
Statistics count the spelling “AMAR” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Released 2026-07-16 · Retrieved 2026-10-14 · LO-2.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
British Columbia — 100 Years of Popular Baby Names (first names used 5 or more times), 1926-2025
Government of British Columbia, Vital Statistics Agency · OGL-BC (Open Government License - British Columbia; version not stated on the page) · retrieved 2026-10-15
National Records of Scotland — Babies' First Names: all first forenames given to 3 or more babies, Scotland, 1974-2025
National Records of Scotland (NRS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ireland — babies' first names with three or more occurrences, 1964–2025
Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce — first given names of children, PESEL register, 2000-2025 (national)
Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji (Ministry of Digital Affairs), Poland — PESEL register; published on dane.gov.pl · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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