girl's name

Amparo

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 3,753

Amparo is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 8 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1927, when 73 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 414,422 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1911.

Amparo over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Amparo by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 132
1920s 587
1930s 428
1940s 356
1950s 365
1960s 295
1970s 347
1980s 292
1990s 275
2000s 149
2010s 73
2020s (to 2025) 34

How popular is Amparo?

In 2025, Amparo was given to 8 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Amparo is used

France #5,157 5 in 2009
United States #10,971 8 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Amparo

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Amparo also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Amparo over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Amparo

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Amparo — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Amparo

How popular is the name Amparo?

In 2025, Amparo was given to 8 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Amparo a girl's or a boy's name?

Amparo is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Amparo most popular?

Amparo peaked in 1927, when 73 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Amparo a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Amparo currently ranks #10,971 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.