Girl's name
Amanda
Say it uh-MAN-duh
Latin origin to love
3 syllables
Where Amanda is loved, common and rare
Common across Norway and one more place. Rare in Poland, Italy, four German cities and nine more places.
1 in 4,225 girls born in Ireland in 2025
Norway 52ndPoland 145thItaly 150th
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Every place
In 17 of the 40 official lists, among them Norway (52nd), Poland (145th) and Italy (150th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 52nd 2025 | 125 | 1 in 174 |
| Poland | 145th 2025 | 70 | 1 in 1,711 |
| Italy | 150th 2024 | 161 | 1 in 1,113 |
| Sweden | 199th 2025 | 43 | about 1 in 934 |
| Switzerland | 203rd 2025 | 35 | 1 in 971 |
| Catalonia region | 260th 2025 | 14 | 1 in 1,376 |
| Berlin city | 277th 2023 | 11 | about 1 in 1,319 |
| Quebec province | 287th 2025 | 19 | about 1 in 1,369 |
| Austria | 381st 2025 | 13 | 1 in 2,748 |
| Ireland | 608th 2025 | 5 | 1 in 4,225 |
| Cologne city | 630th 2023 | 1 | about 1 in 6,143 |
| Ontario province | 675th 2024 | 18 | about 1 in 3,026 |
| France | 699th 2025 | 55 | 1 in 5,214 |
| England and Wales | 983rd 2025 | 35 | 1 in 7,237 |
| Finland | 48th 2025 | 82 | rank only |
| Rostock city | 166th 2025 | 1 | about 1 in 985 |
| Bonn city | 173rd 2025 | 3 | about 1 in 1,005 |
Rare, below the listed names: Scotland, Northern Ireland, British Columbia, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Munich, Leipzig, Spain, Hungary, Slovenia and Israel.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Sources: Statistics Norway (SSB) (Norway); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya) (Catalonia); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV) (Finland); Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock (opendata-hro.de) (Rostock); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn). How we count, and every source
About the name
The saint's name Amandus, from the Latin amāre, 'to love', has the feminine form Amanda. Its sense is 'one who is to be loved'. It came into regular English use from eighteenth-century literature, and Aimee is a doublet of it.
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Three syllables, said uh-MAN-duh, with the stress in the middle. Mandy and Manda are the traditional short forms. Amandine is a French relative.
Canadian records place its peak in the late 1980s, when it was very common. Today it is most popular in Finland and Norway, where it ranks among the top 60, and it is used in Poland. In English-speaking countries it appears in Quebec, Ireland and Ontario. It is rising and falling in roughly equal numbers of regions, so it is steady overall.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- uh-MAN-duh, 3 syllables
- Meaning
to love
- Origin
- Latin
- Other spellings
- Aimee
- Mandy
- Amandine
- Armanda
- Manda
- Amanta
- Amadea
Etymology
Derived from Latin Amanda, feminine form of the saint's name Amandus, from amandus, future passive participle of amāre (“to love”): thus meaning "who/which is to be loved". Taken into regular use as an English given name from 18th-century literature. Doublet of Aimee.
From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 6 of 15 regions, falling in 7.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 503 | 582 | 602 | 682 | 735 | 699 | 775 | 794 | 1036 | 983 |
| Scotland | 413 | 570 | 765 | 792 | 749 | |||||
| Ireland | 419 | 471 | 436 | 313 | 444 | 322 | 747 | 495 | 631 | 608 |
| Ontario | 299 | 422 | 414 | 465 | 499 | 617 | 476 | 656 | 675 | |
| British Columbia | 513 | 257 | 520 | 567 | 425 | |||||
| Quebec | 193 | 163 | 177 | 221 | 239 | 287 | 219 | 216 | 323 | 287 |
| France | 859 | 688 | 773 | 801 | 989 | 911 | 829 | 745 | 769 | 699 |
| The Netherlands | 1003 | 611 | 664 | 942 | 947 | |||||
| Austria | 416 | 270 | 286 | 476 | 308 | 379 | 437 | 532 | 361 | 381 |
| Switzerland | 128 | 119 | 133 | 135 | 160 | 158 | 184 | 197 | 198 | 203 |
| Berlin | 331 | 235 | 382 | 496 | 378 | 361 | 260 | 277 | ||
| Cologne | 370 | 219 | 439 | 684 | 432 | 649 | 420 | 630 | ||
| Bonn | 512 | 365 | 168 | 371 | 186 | 362 | 173 | |||
| Leipzig | 375 | 193 | 148 | 265 | 389 | 143 | ||||
| Rostock | 283 | 228 | 202 | 202 | 166 | |||||
| Norway | 26 | 40 | 30 | 31 | 36 | 29 | 39 | 35 | 52 | 52 |
| Sweden | 59 | 71 | 77 | 100 | 102 | 118 | 148 | 134 | 179 | 199 |
| Finland | 31 | 42 | 40 | 36 | 48 | |||||
| Catalonia | 218 | 347 | 307 | 305 | 306 | 395 | 229 | 271 | 251 | 260 |
| Italy | 166 | 194 | 156 | 155 | 151 | 165 | 135 | 138 | 150 | |
| Poland | 134 | 130 | 146 | 147 | 150 | 156 | 174 | 188 | 174 | 145 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 983 | 35 | 13.8 |
| 2024 | 1036 | 33 | 12.8 |
| 2023 | 794 | 45 | 17.5 |
| 2022 | 775 | 47 | 17.8 |
| 2021 | 699 | 54 | 19.7 |
| 2020 | 735 | 50 | 18.6 |
| 2019 | 682 | 57 | 20.4 |
| 2018 | 602 | 68 | 23.6 |
| 2017 | 582 | 73 | 24.4 |
| 2016 | 503 | 86 | 28.0 |
| 2015 | 475 | 91 | 29.6 |
| 2014 | 629 | 64 | 20.9 |
| 2013 | 584 | 70 | 22.7 |
| 2012 | 470 | 95 | 29.5 |
| 2011 | 499 | 85 | 26.5 |
| 2010 | 450 | 94 | 29.3 |
| 2009 | 455 | 92 | 29.4 |
| 2008 | 440 | 96 | 30.4 |
| 2007 | 426 | 96 | 31.4 |
| 2006 | 484 | 79 | 26.4 |
| 2005 | 438 | 84 | 29.1 |
| 2004 | 392 | 97 | 33.9 |
| 2003 | 405 | 89 | 31.9 |
| 2002 | 500 | 60 | 22.4 |
| 2001 | 378 | 85 | 31.7 |
| 2000 | 357 | 93 | 34.0 |
| 1999 | 303 | 114 | 40.5 |
| 1998 | 265 | 146 | 50.5 |
| 1997 | 226 | 180 | 61.4 |
| 1996 | 170 | 264 | 89.2 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
Ontario and British Columbia since 1925
Half of the babies named Amanda in Ontario and British Columbia since 1925 were born in or after 1987. First recorded in 1949. Her peak year there: 1988, at 3,195.7 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Amanda per 100,000 girls born in Ontario and British Columbia, by five-year period. Her 1988 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (1917-2024), OGL-Ontario; BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (1924-2023), OGL-BC.
Sister names for Amanda
1 in 898 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Amanda.
1 in 2,113 in Ireland
1 in 640 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Amanda. Same first letter as Amanda.
1 in 1,921 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Amanda.
1 in 5,964 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Amanda.
1 in 5,282 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Amanda.
1 in 3,018 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Amanda. Same first letter as Amanda.
1 in 515 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Amanda.
1 in 2,982 in Scotland
1 in 660 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Amanda.
Middle names for Amanda
1 in 107 in Northern Ireland
Amanda Charlotte
3-2 beats · initials AC
Changes the beat after Amanda: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 86 in Ireland
Amanda Sophie
3-2 beats · initials AS
Changes the beat after Amanda: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Amanda Grace
3-1 beats · initials AG
Changes the beat after Amanda: 3 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Amanda Olivia
3-4 beats · initials AO · Amanda slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Amanda: 3 syllables, then 4 syllables. Amanda slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 102 in Ireland
Amanda Mia
3-2 beats · initials AM
Changes the beat after Amanda: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 132 in Northern Ireland
Amanda Ruby
3-2 beats · initials AR
Changes the beat after Amanda: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Amanda Rose
3-1 beats · initials AR
Changes the beat after Amanda: 3 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 173 in Northern Ireland
Amanda Nora
3-2 beats · initials AN
Changes the beat after Amanda: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
Same style as Amanda
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 782 in Ireland
96% alike: moves with Amanda across countries and decades.
1 in 2,347 in Ireland
95% alike: moves with Amanda across countries and decades.
1 in 2,556 in Scotland
94% alike: moves with Amanda across countries and decades.
1 in 2,641 in Ireland
93% alike: moves with Amanda across countries and decades.
1 in 1,921 in Ireland
93% alike: moves with Amanda across countries and decades.
1 in 660 in Ireland
93% alike: moves with Amanda across countries and decades.
1 in 1,921 in Ireland
93% alike: moves with Amanda across countries and decades.
1 in 1,760 in Ireland
93% alike: moves with Amanda across countries and decades.
Famous people named Amanda
Amanda Seyfried, Amanda Peet, Amanda Bynes, Amanda Gorman, Amanda Lear, Amanda Tapping, Amanda Righetti and Amanda Palmer.
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American actress (born 1985)
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American actress born 1972
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American actress and fashion designer (born 1986)
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American poet and activist (born 1998)
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French singer, actress, television presenter born 1939
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English-born Canadian actress born 1965
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American actress born 1983
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American musician (born 1976)
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Amanda
5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Amanda?
Her best rank is No. 48 in Finland in 2025. She is in the published lists of 17 of our 40 regions.
What does Amanda mean?
Wiktionary glosses Amanda as "to love".
How do you pronounce Amanda?
uh-MAN-duh, with 3 syllables.
Is Amanda getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 6 of 15 regions, falling in 7.
Which sister names go with Amanda?
The deck's top five sisters for Amanda: Cecilia, Natalie, Amy, Joanna and Celina. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.