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Amare

Masculine · “to love”

Amare is given to both — 6,150 boys and 386 girls since 1880. See other names given to both

1997high 2011
#2332 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare59 boys in 2025

Amare is 'to love' in Latin — the infinitive itself — and it is separately read as an Ethiopian name meaning handsome.

How old is the name Amare?

Amare first appears in US birth records in 1997 — 28 years ago. The typical Amare alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 6,100 people named Amare are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Amare most popular?

Amare peaked in 2011, reaching #427 nationally. Today it ranks #2332, 1,905 places below that high. See the whole 2011 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Amare

Amare is the Latin infinitive and gives amateur, amorous and enamoured. Amharic has its own Amare, used in Ethiopia. American use rose sharply in the 2000s with a basketball player of the name. It appears in the registers in current use.

Meaningscholars disagree

to love; handsome

Two routes. The Latin amare, 'to love', which is the verb's infinitive rather than a name. And an Amharic Amare, generally read as 'handsome' or 'beautiful'. Both are attributed and neither is established for American use. The Latin word is documented.

How the name formed

  1. amare
  2. Amare

Related forms: Amare · አማረ · Amari

Pronouncing Amare

uh-MAR-ay

Three syllables, stress in the middle. Latin says ah-MAH-reh.

Nicknames for Amare

Moderate

AmaThe front of the name, used inside families rather than generally
MareThe back of the name, which collides with an ordinary English noun
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1997–202563932006395919972025

US babies named Amare per year from 1997 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#4271990s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1997
Most boys named
2011639 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#427reached in 2011
Change vs 2024
−18.1%59 in 2025, from 72
Amare sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2011, with 639 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Amare in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Amare in Latin — related form
  • አማረ in Amharic — transliteration
  • Amari in English — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Texas, Florida.

Amares among us

6,100

people named Amare are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 28,950 born in 2025 was named Amare

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Amare

#2332
Amare on the 2025 chart
#845
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Amare went to 59 boys in 2025, but Amaree is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 83, which makes it the 845th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,487 places above the chart.

About 1 boy in 20,579 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 28,950 for Amare itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Korey test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Amare's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Korey climbed just as high around 1989, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Korey's path sketches the road Amare is walking now.

40%chance Amare will feel “very 2010s” by 2040
Amare, aligned on its peakKorey· peak 1989not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-30 yrs+40 yrsKorey · #2280Amare today
Amare today is about where Korey stood in 2003 — 14 years past a #427-sized peak. By 2018, Korey had settled around #1583.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Amare sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Amare is headed

19972030

US babies named Amare per year, 1997 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Amare is easing off slowly — about 32% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.

Cooling-32% by 2030projected around #3,128 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Amare beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Amare in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Amarethis name59#2332Rishaan59#2332Harlen59#2332Kobi59#2332Keyon59#2332

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • The to-love meaning is transparent and warm in Latin.
  • The Amharic route gives a second genuine ancestry.
  • Three syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
What to consider
  • In Latin it is a verb form rather than a name.
  • Amari and Amare are close enough to confuse.
  • One basketball player dominates the American association.

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Frequently asked

How many Amares are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 6,100 people named Amare are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Amare?
Amare is the most-used spelling in US records — 59 of the 83 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Amaree.
How popular is the name Amare in 2025?
Amare ranks #2332 among US boy names in 2025, with 59 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Amare?
About 1 in every 28,950 US boys born in 2025 was named Amare — 59 in all.
Will my child share the name Amare with classmates?
Amare will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Amare

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Rishaan#2332 · Harlen#2332 · Kobi#2332 · Keyon#2332 · Oak#2332 · Layth#2332 · Merlin#2332 · Skye#2332

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