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Amethyst

Girl

Meaning of Amethyst: Greek: 'not drunken'

Amethyst is a girl's name most strongly associated with Greek naming. It has 8 letters and 3 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 1201st most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 4843rd in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#1201

181 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#4843

4 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

4,576

First recorded 1967 · peak 2022

Trend

stable

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 21 babies1982: 33 babies1983: 18 babies1984: 37 babies1985: 32 babies1986: 37 babies1987: 30 babies1988: 51 babies1989: 64 babies1990: 76 babies19901991: 76 babies1992: 92 babies1993: 88 babies1994: 87 babies1995: 88 babies1996: 89 babies1997: 103 babies1998: 96 babies1999: 102 babies2000: 95 babies20002001: 95 babies2002: 98 babies2003: 105 babies2004: 97 babies2005: 77 babies2006: 88 babies2007: 70 babies2008: 47 babies2009: 62 babies2010: 62 babies20102011: 62 babies2012: 75 babies2013: 55 babies2014: 95 babies2015: 128 babies2016: 160 babies2017: 177 babies2018: 168 babies2019: 189 babies2020: 184 babies20202021: 220 babies2022: 240 babies2023: 212 babies2024: 176 babies2025: 181 babies
US babies named Amethyst per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 240.

Gender split

0% boys · 100% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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