Boy
Amos
As a boy's name, Amos is understood to mean "carried, borne (by God)". It is not as common as it was in the 1920s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is comfortably in the mainstream in the registry. Since 1900, roughly 31,029 babies in the U.S. have been given this name.
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EtymologyMeaning "carried, borne (by God)"
Births by decade
1900s
1,062
1910s
3,674
1920s
4,922
1930s
3,349
1940s
2,772
1950s
2,826
1960s
2,092
1970s
2,153
1980s
2,318
1990s
1,733
2000s
1,711
2010s
2,417
Peaked in the 1920s · 31,029 total U.S. births since 1900