Amory
Feminine · “Germanic amal and ric”
Amory is given to both — 630 girls and 679 boys since 1880. See Amory as a boy nameSee other names given to both
The first element of Amory names a royal house. Amal was the dynasty of the Ostrogoths, the family Theodoric belonged to, and it survives in Amalric, Emmerich and this name.
How old is the name Amory?
Amory first appears in US birth records in 1936 — 89 years ago. The typical Amory alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 600 people named Amory are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Amory most popular?
Amory peaked in 2020, reaching #4169 nationally. Today it ranks #10917, 6,748 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Amalric to Amory
The story of Amory
The Amali were the ruling dynasty of the Ostrogoths, and Theodoric the Great, who governed Italy from 493, belonged to them; Cassiodorus wrote their genealogy back seventeen generations to make the point. The element became a name-forming one across the Germanic world, giving Amalric, Amalasuntha and Amalberga, and it traveled with the Goths into Spain and with the Franks into France. Two kings of Jerusalem were called Amalric in the twelfth century. French wore it down to Amaury, English to Amory and Emery, and it became a surname and then, in America, a given name again, used for both sexes and rising in the last few years.
Meaning
Germanic amal and ric, work and power
From Germanic Amalric, built on amal, the name of the Ostrogothic royal house and generally connected to a word for work or vigor, and ric, power. It gave French Amaury and English Amory and Emery. The American peak is 2020.
How the name formed
- Amalric
- Amaury
- Amory
Related forms: Amaury · Emmerich · Emery
Pronouncing Amory
AM-uh-ree
Three syllables, stress on the first. The French Amaury is a-mo-REE with the stress at the end.
Nicknames for Amory
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
- 1936
- Most girls named
- 202033 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #4169reached in 2020
- Change vs 2024
- −38.5%8 in 2025, from 13
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.
Amory in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Amaury in French — same name
- Emmerich in German — same name
- Emery in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California.
Amorys among us
people named Amory are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 200,908 born in 2025 was named Amory
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Amory
- #10917
- Amory on the 2025 chart
- #930
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Amory went to 8 girls in 2025, but Amori is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 30, which makes it the 930th most-given girls’ name of the year — 9,987 places above the chart.
- Amori22
- Amory8
About 1 girl in 53,576 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 200,908 for Amory 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
The Prisilla test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Amory's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Prisilla climbed just as high around 1982, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Prisilla's path sketches the road Amory is walking now.
Amory 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
Amory beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Amory in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It works for either sex, which suits a middle name.
- The Germanic elements are documented and royal.
- Three syllables with a firm opening beat.
- It will be heard as Emory or Emily.
- It reads as a surname to many Americans.
- The 2020 peak makes it one of the newest names in the records.
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Frequently asked
- How many Amorys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Amory are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Amory?
- Amory is one of 2 recorded spellings. Amori is the more common one — 22 births in 2025 against 8 for Amory.
- How popular is the name Amory in 2025?
- Amory ranks #10917 among US girl names in 2025, with 8 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Amory?
- About 1 in every 200,908 US girls born in 2025 was named Amory — 8 in all.
- Will my child share the name Amory with classmates?
- Amory will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Amory
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