Meaning and history
From Hebrew עָמַס (ʿamas), meaning “load” or “burden,” Amos is the name of one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament and the attributed author of the Book of Amos, an early prophetic work written around the 8th century BC that condemns greed, corruption, and the oppression of the poor. As an English given name, it has been used since the Protestant Reformation and was especially popular among the Puritans.
20062006: 160 births, rank #1,097
2007: 208 births, rank #949
2008: 181 births, rank #1,046
2009: 199 births, rank #991
2010: 181 births, rank #1,059
20112011: 247 births, rank #859
2012: 281 births, rank #800
2013: 296 births, rank #762
2014: 367 births, rank #686
2015: 340 births, rank #725
20162016: 385 births, rank #669
2017: 356 births, rank #693
2018: 396 births, rank #647
2019: 394 births, rank #667
2020: 366 births, rank #696
20212021: 464 births, rank #599
2022: 450 births, rank #620
2023: 424 births, rank #647
2024: 395 births, rank #687
20252025: 364 births, rank #730
Amos moved from #687 to #730 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1922, with 558 births.