Amon
Masculine · “skilled workman”
Amon is a king of Judah who lasted two years, and separately an Egyptian god who lasted two thousand. The Hebrew name and the Egyptian one are unrelated and English spells them the same way.
How old is the name Amon?
Amon first appears in US birth records in 1882 — 143 years ago. The typical Amon alive today was born around 1994, making them about 31 years old. About 2,100 people named Amon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Amon most popular?
Amon peaked in 1887, reaching #819 nationally. Today it ranks #3036, 2,217 places below that high. See the whole 1887 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Amon
Amon of Judah is Manasseh's son and Josiah's father, and the books of Kings give him two years and a bad report before his servants kill him. The Egyptian Amun is another matter altogether: the god of Thebes who became the chief deity of the New Kingdom, whose priesthood was enormously powerful and whose name the Greeks attached to Zeus. English took Amon from the Hebrew scriptures and Ammon from the Egyptian and biblical Ammonites, and the spellings have been confused ever since.
Meaningscholars disagree
skilled workman — in Hebrew; the hidden one — in Egyptian
Hebrew Amon is generally read from a root about being firm or trustworthy — the same root behind amen — and one reading gives 'skilled workman' or 'master craftsman', which the book of Proverbs uses. Egyptian Amun or Amon is read as 'the hidden one' and belonged to the chief god of Thebes. The two are entirely separate and the English spelling does not distinguish them.
Pronouncing Amon
AY-mun
Two syllables, stress on the first. Hebrew says ah-MOHN with the stress at the end; the Egyptian god is usually AH-mun or AH-moon in English. All three are heard depending on which name is meant.
Nicknames for Amon
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
- 1882
- Most boys named
- 201761 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #819reached in 1887
- Change vs 2022
- −9.1%40 in 2025, from 44
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.
Amon in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Amon in Hebrew — transliteration
- Amun in Egyptian — related form
- Ammon in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Georgia, California.
Amons among us
people named Amon are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 42,702 born in 2025 was named Amon
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Amon
- #3036
- Amon on the 2025 chart
- #843
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Amon went to 40 boys in 2025, but Ammon is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 85, which makes it the 843rd most-given boys’ name of the year — 2,193 places above the chart.
- Ammon45
- Amon40
About 1 boy in 20,095 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 42,702 for Amon 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
Amon 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 Amon is headed
Amon 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.
Amon beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Amon in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Four letters, two syllables, and said correctly by everyone at first sight.
- Two genuinely ancient ancestries, one Hebrew and one Egyptian.
- Short and clean, which pairs well with a long surname.
- The biblical king of this name gets a very short and unflattering notice.
- Amon and Ammon are separate names and are constantly confused.
- Its meaning depends entirely on which of two unrelated traditions the family means.
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Frequently asked
- How many Amons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,100 people named Amon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Amon?
- Amon is one of 2 recorded spellings. Ammon is the more common one — 45 births in 2025 against 40 for Amon.
- How popular is the name Amon in 2025?
- Amon ranks #3036 among US boy names in 2025, with 40 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Amon?
- About 1 in every 42,702 US boys born in 2025 was named Amon — 40 in all.
- Will my child share the name Amon with classmates?
- Amon will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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