Amaru
A boys’ name of Quechua origin, meaning serpent, snake.
Babies a year
37
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5137
3 babies
Amaru by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Amaru. In the US, 37 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 39 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Amaru. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
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