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Amparo

A name meaning "protection, shelter, refuge".

Usage languagesGalician, Portuguese, Spanish
US rank (2025)#10,917

Meaning and history

Amparo is a Spanish name meaning “protection,” “shelter,” or “refuge,” derived from the title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Amparo, or “Our Lady of Refuge.”

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 16 births, rank #7,482
2007: 15 births, rank #8,098
2008: 6 births, rank #15,405
2009: 9 births, rank #11,459
2010: 7 births, rank #13,448
20112011: 8 births, rank #12,153
2012: 8 births, rank #12,199
2013: 6 births, rank #14,582
2014: 6 births, rank #14,558
2015: 14 births, rank #8,008
20162016: 9 births, rank #10,859
2017: 7 births, rank #12,713
2018: no US SSA record for this spelling
2019: 8 births, rank #11,356
2020: no US SSA record for this spelling
20212021: 5 births, rank #15,251
2022: 8 births, rank #11,231
2023: 8 births, rank #11,169
2024: 5 births, rank #15,293
20252025: 8 births, rank #10,917

Amparo moved from #887 to #906 for girls between 1931 and 1932. Its highest annual birth count came in 1927, with 73 births.