Amar

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Amar: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Amar: Recorded since 1972, it reached #327 in 1997, and it stood at #394 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
82times a registrar ranked it
54years from first to last
#327highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2001–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#2783
2002	#2868
2003	#3594
2004	#3197
2007	#5201
2012	#5876
2013	#5742
2014	#4684
2015	#4103
2017	#5765
2018	#2674
2019	#4686
2020	#3899
2022	#3970
2024	#3695

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 34 of the 54 years from 1972 to 2025.

In 2024: #470 among boys in Norway, #535 among boys in England and Wales, #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1972–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1972
First recorded at #505 among boys in Norway in 1972 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #327 among boys in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #394 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Amar appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 34 years beginning in 1972, and has registered 197 births with the name.

Amar across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Amar's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#505 (1972)	#345 (2006)	#394 (2025)	34 of 54	197 (1972–2025)	10 (2006)
England and Wales · Boys	#354 (1996)	#327 (1997)	#535 (2024)	29 of 29	1,449 (1996–2024)	74 (1997)
England and Wales · Girls	#2783 (2001)	#2674 (2018)	#3695 (2024)	15 of 24	69 (2001–2024)	9 (2018)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#718 (2012)	#710 (2017)	#785 (2024)	4 of 13	12 (2012–2024)	3 (2012)

Amar by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Amar in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	10	2 of 10	5
1980s	35	7 of 10	5
1990s	28	6 of 10	5
2000s	44	7 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	60	8 of 10	8
2020s	20	4 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Amar appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1972 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #327 in England and Wales in 1997.

Amar's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3695	6	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#535	72	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#530	73	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#679	50	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#738	46	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#690	49	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#856	35	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#810	39	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#794	41	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#732	46	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#996	29	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#781	40	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#804	38	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#783	41	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#732	43	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#603	55	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#627	51	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#557	59	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#651	44	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#476	65	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#520	52	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#576	43	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#509	47	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#426	53	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#444	48	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#453	45	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#381	59	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#445	47	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#327	74	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#354	65	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#394	7	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#470	4	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#438	5	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#456	4	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#371	9	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#423	7	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#511	4	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#406	8	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#406	8	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#493	5	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#379	9	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#360	10	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#506	5	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#462	6	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#438	7	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#345	10	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#516	4	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#393	7	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#483	5	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#542	4	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#489	5	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#557	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#520	5	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#484	6	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#604	4	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#520	6	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#534	6	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#613	4	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#605	4	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#615	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#531	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#562	5	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#577	4	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#505	6	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1972 and 2025, ranked in 42 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #327, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 74 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 40 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Amani · #410, 29y
Amanuel · #302, 43y
Amara · #68, 30y
Amara-Rose · #2615, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Rabia · #326, 44y
Danika · #329, 37y
Roseanna · #325, 43y
Andrej · #324, 43y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Ena · #328, 29y
Hamdi · #328, 35y
Jefferson · #326, 28y
Rabia · #326, 44y

Amar was ranked #327 in England and Wales · Boys in 1997. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Amar and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Amar without appearing here.

Amar moved ahead of

Geraldine Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #5666.
Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5742 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #5666.
Jeanette Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4103 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #5666.
Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Amar

Harper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3197 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #5201 and #1573.
Eabha Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3197 and #4598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #5876 and #2338.
Malin Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2868 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #5876 and #3681.
Arlo Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4103 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #3583.

Moved the opposite way to Amar

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Amar went from #354 to #535 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Amar went from #354 to #535 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Amar went from #354 to #535 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Amar went from #354 to #535 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Amar

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Amar went from #354 to #535 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Amar went from #354 to #535 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Amar went from #354 to #535 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Amar went from #354 to #535 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1972 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #327 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Amar

Amar at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Amar across 4 official records

Amar by decade in Norway · Boys

Amar appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Amar moved ahead of

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Amar at a glance

Amar across 4 official records

Amar by decade in Norway · Boys

Amar appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Amar

Amar and the names beside it

Amar moved ahead of

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