Amanda

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: German

Meaning

Amanda is a Latin feminine gerundive name meaning "she who must be loved". It is common in countries where Germanic and Romance languages are spoken.

From Wikipedia

Amanda first appears in the data in 1954 and has been recorded in 49 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1981 with 1,268 babies (rank #2 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Amanda

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Amanda yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

26,343
Total babies (all years)
49
Years in the data
1,268
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195487#84
195597#80
1956148#61
1957162#57
1958172#54
1959194#51
1960253#55
1961312#47
1962336#42
1963328#45
1964348#40
1965364#32
1966354#33
1967431#23
1968487#23
1969641#16
1970677#15
1971803#11
1972840#8
1973827#8
1974878#8
1975785#8
1976952#6
19771,027#5
1978907#5
1979929#4
19801,068#2
19811,268#2
19821,070#4
19831,079#5
1984970#5
19851,147#4
19861,062#4
19871,055#5
1988866#8
1989628#13
1990590#14
1991432#20
1992389#27
1993346#28
1994273#42
1995237#53
1996220#57
1997109#84
199893#94
199995#93
20145#299
20151#984
20161#981