Amor

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A few things about Amor you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Amor

Amor Towles

American novelist

Choose Amor and your child shares a first name with Amor Towles, an American novelist. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Amor, like who?” Amor Towles's Wikipedia article is available in 20 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 12,970 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Amor, 124 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Amor would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryAmor first shows up in US birth records in 1912, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 113 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2024, when it reached #1,436.
• 📈Then vs nowAmor is 7.3× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 95,238 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 12,970.
• 🍂TrendAmor has slipped 192 places over the last five years and now sits at #1,666. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 📍Where it's lovedAmor is most popular in Arizona, where it ranks #818, followed by Illinois (#852). It's in the top 1,000 in 2 states.
• ⚖️Boy or girlAmor is given to both boys and girls: 73% of the 169 babies named Amor in 2025 were girls. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.
• 💬MeaningIn Spanish, Amor means “love”.

About the name Amor

Amor is a gender-neutral name of Spanish origin meaning “love”. It has 4 letters and 2 syllables, starting with A and ending in “-mor”. US birth records list Amor for girls from 1972 to 2025, in 49 of those 54 years. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked #1,436 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #1,666, with 124 babies. Of the 169 US babies named Amor in 2025, 73% were girls and 27% were boys.

Origin:Spanish names