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Boy's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: steady

AmosIn Hebrew: עמוס · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: עָמוֹסRomanization: ámos

Amos (Hebrew: עמוס) is a boy's name of biblical origin. 5,192 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 13 boys and ranked #585. Its peak year was 1957, with 179 babies.

People in Israel
5,192
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
13
rank #585
Peak year
1957
179 babies
USA, 2025
364
rank #730

Writing and saying Amos

In Hebrew letters the name is עמוס, read right to left. Amos is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "ámos" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).

Meaning and origin

  • a male given name, Amos
  • Amos (a book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh)
  • Amos (a prophet, author of the book of Amos)

Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.

Amos by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Amos: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Amos in English-speaking countries

Amos in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025364#7301922 (558)
United Kingdom202556#7052023 (78)
England and Wales202552#6882022 (75)
Scotland20254#6472013 (4)
Ireland20253#7872024 (9)
Alberta20256#6832023 (7)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Amos has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Amos

How do you write Amos in Hebrew?

Amos is written עמוס in Hebrew (with vowel points: עָמוֹס). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "ámos".

How many people in Israel are named Amos?

5,192 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name עמוס: 0 women and 5,192 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

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

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named עמוס are men.

What does the name Amos mean?

English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name, Amos"

Is Amos used outside Israel?

The name Amos appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 364 boys were given it in 2025 (#730), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 56 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.