Amish

Boy · recorded 1971–2016

  • 2016last recorded
  • 1981best year

Most popular in 1981.

Last recorded in 2016. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Amish.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1971

05919711982199420052016

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 34 recorded years as a table
Amish, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19713
19735
19748
19758
19768
19775
19789
19798
19807
19819
19829
19837
19844
19854
19863
19885
19892
19903
19913
19933
19943
19973
20004
20013
20024
20044
20054
20064
20073
20103
20123
20135
20145
20163

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Amish isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2016
6
Rank in 2016
#10,744
How rare
1 in 316,289 boys
Since 1971
294

Amish was last recorded in 2016. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1981, at 9 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Amish doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.