Amar
72
Babies in 2024
+80%
10-year change
1997
Peak · 74
-1%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Amar
Amar peaked among UK boys' names in the late 1990s (74 babies in 1997) and has remained in active use — 72 boys were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Amar reached its peak in 1997, when 74 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #327 for UK boys that year. Today's count of 72 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 1,449 boys have been officially registered with the name Amar in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 520 boys were registered with the name, starting from 40 in 2014 and ending at 72 in 2024.