Is Amos a boy or girl name?

Amos is primarily a boy name in U.S. records: about 0% of recorded births are female.

What is the average age of someone named Amos?

The average Amos alive today is an estimated 39 years old. People named Amos were most often born around 2021.

When was the name Amos most popular?

Amos peaked in 1922 with 558 recorded births in the United States.

What vibe does the name Amos have?

In one report's words: laconic, weathered, upright. Amos ranks #1330 among all U.S. first names since 1880.

Amos — Name Meaning, Age & Vibe | Understand Your Name

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Origin & Meaning

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Derived from the Hebrew root meaning carried or burden-bearer. English Puritans adopted it during the Reformation, after which it crossed the Atlantic on early settlement manifests. In America, it settled into agricultural ledgers and rural parish rolls without ever becoming a fad.

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Fig. 1 — Births per annum, 1880–2025

SSA Data

1880 peak: 558 souls, A.D. 1922 2025

2025: 364 born, rising ↑

Estimated Age

39 yrs

Most Amoss were born around 2021 — old enough to remember dial-up.

Peak Reign

1922

№237 that year

Generation

Gen Alpha, 27%

then Boomer 19% · Millennial 17%

Rarity

Top 2000 all-time

≈37K ever born · now rising

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Amos grew up with

SSA Data

podcasts in the car seat·self-checkout beeps·a screen that always answers back

Generation Distribution — Living Amoss

SSA Data

Silent 6%Boomer 19%Gen X 16%Millennial 17%Gen Z 16%Gen Alpha 27%

Data vs. Humans

What the data says

SSA Data

SSA: Amos peaked in 1922.

Estimated average age: 39.

What people think

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Vintage Modern

Formal Casual

Soft Strong

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First Impressions

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An Amos is rarely pictured wearing a lanyard in a glass office building. The name suggests wool blankets, functional hand tools, and long pauses in conversation. In reality, living bearers are divided between quiet retirements and daycares, with Generation Alpha claiming over twenty-five percent of the total. It carries the weight of an heirloom that still works.

Field Notes

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Field Note 01

Peak registration occurred in 1922 with 558 births, keeping the name safely outside the national top two hundred.

Field Note 02

With twenty-six percent of living bearers belonging to Generation Alpha, the name is currently found more often in preschools than nursing homes.

Field Note 03

Total American registrations stand at about thirty-seven thousand, reflecting an unusually steady century-long presence.

Notable Amoss

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Amos Alonzo Staggcollege football coach and innovator, b. 1862

Amos Tutuolanovelist, b. 1920

Amos Milburnblues pianist and singer, b. 1927

Adjacent Names

Silas · Enoch · Cyrus · Hiram · Jonas · Otis

Ephemera — If Amos were a…

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City

Bangor, Maine

Color

Oxblood red

Job

Timber framer

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