Amiel
Masculine · “God of my people”
Amiel is given to both — 1,251 boys and 62 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Amiel is 'God of my people' in Hebrew — ami and El — and he is named in Numbers among the twelve spies.
How old is the name Amiel?
Amiel first appears in US birth records in 1892 — 133 years ago. The typical Amiel alive today was born around 2002, making them about 23 years old. About 1,000 people named Amiel are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Amiel most popular?
Amiel peaked in 1892, reaching #1066 nationally. Today it ranks #2641, 1,575 places below that high. See the whole 1892 chart.
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Where it comes from
From ammi El to Amiel
The story of Amiel
Numbers 13 names the twelve men sent to scout Canaan, Amiel among them; ten came back saying the land could not be taken. The name joins 'my people' to 'God'. Amiel is standard in modern Israel and appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
God of my people
From the Hebrew Ammi'el — ammi, 'my people', and El, 'God'. Numbers names an Amiel among the twelve sent to spy out Canaan. The elements are ordinary Hebrew and the compound transparent. The reading is undisputed.
How the name formed
- ammi El
- Ammi'el
- Amiel
Related forms: עמיאל · Amiel · Amiel
Pronouncing Amiel
AH-mee-el
Three syllables, stress on the first. Hebrew stresses the last, a-mee-EL.
Nicknames for Amiel
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1892
- Most boys named
- 202549 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1066reached in 1892
- Change vs 2023
- +53.1%49 in 2025, from 32
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.
Amiel in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- עמיאל in Hebrew — transliteration
- Amiel in Spanish — same name
- Amiel in French — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Texas.
Amiels among us
people named Amiel are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 34,859 born in 2025 was named Amiel
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Amiel
- #2641
- Amiel on the 2025 chart
- #874
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Amiel went to 49 boys in 2025, but Ammiel is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 54, which makes it the 874th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,767 places above the chart.
- Amiel49
- Ammiel5
About 1 boy in 31,631 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 34,859 for Amiel 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
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Amiel 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 Amiel is headed
Amiel should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
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.
Amiel beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Amiel in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The God-of-my-people meaning is transparent and warm.
- Ami is available as a short form with real use.
- The -el ending places it in a large and dignified family.
- The biblical bearer is among the ten who advised against entering.
- Hebrew and English stress it differently.
- It is genuinely rare and will be asked about.
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Masculine · #2641 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Amiels are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Amiel are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Amiel?
- Amiel is the most-used spelling in US records — 49 of the 54 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Ammiel.
- How popular is the name Amiel in 2025?
- Amiel ranks #2641 among US boy names in 2025, with 49 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Amiel?
- About 1 in every 34,859 US boys born in 2025 was named Amiel — 49 in all.
- Will my child share the name Amiel with classmates?
- Amiel will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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