Amish

AH-mihsh /ˈɑːmɪʃ/
boy 2 syllables fading

Amish is a very rare boys' name that was most common in the 1980s and has all but disappeared.

Amish is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2016. Amish was first reported in SSA data in 1971 and peaked in 1981 (17 births).

About the name Amish

PronunciationAH-mihsh /ˈɑːmɪʃ/
17peak births 1981
1971first in SSA data

Names similar to Amish

How popular is Amish?

Boys named Amish
197119801990200020102016
Boys named Amish per year hover for count and boys rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1971–2016 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2016) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here

Amish total popularity by year

YearU.S. birthsU.S. + territoriesRank
201666#10,828
20141010#7,585
201399#8,148
201255#12,372
201055#12,340
200766#11,002
200699#8,027
200588#8,336
200488#8,178
200277#8,496
200155#10,641
200077#8,237
19975—#9,320
19946—#7,813
19936—#7,681
19916—#7,310
19907—#6,435
19895—#7,957
19889—#4,799
19865—#6,762
19858—#4,719
19848—#4,569
198313—#3,235
198216—#2,833
198117—#2,681
198013—#3,262
197913—#3,175
197814—#2,934
19778—#4,181
197612—#3,103
197512—#3,079
197412—#2,952
19738—#3,708
19716—#4,391