Amanda
Top 1000
About Amanda
Amanda may no longer be the most popular girls' name in her class, but it still holds appeal with its pleasing meaning and solid yet romantic sound. Its heyday however was back in the eighties when it skyrocketed alongside Samantha, Vanessa, Melissa, and co.
A classic of sorts, Amanda is a feminine form of Amandus, rediscovered, or recreated, by 17th century writers who were drawn to its Latin meaning, "lovable, worthy of love". It has appeared in various works of literature over the years, including Colley Cibber's play Love's Last Shift from 1696, Tennessee William's The Glass Menagerie from 1944, and Rumaan Alam's 2020 novel, Leave The World Behind.
The name came into familiar usage back in the 19th century and peaked in 1980 when it reached #2 on the charts. With a range of nicknames such as Andie, Mandy, Ami, Addie, and Amma, it made for a versatile choice.
Now in decline, more recent stats saw Amanda remain just inside the Top 500 in the US, given to around 630 girls in a recent year. If you'd prefer something similar but fresher, you might consider the French Amandine or Shakespearean Miranda.
Pronounced uh-MAN-duh.
As of October 2026, Amanda ranked #493 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2 in 1980, Nameberry popularity #520.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #310 | 1,060 | 593.4 |
| 2015 | #313 | 1,033 | 578.7 |
| 2016 | #326 | 1,005 | 567.1 |
| 2017 | #336 | 966 | 559.5 |
| 2018 | #368 | 855 | 502.6 |
| 2019 | #406 | 769 | 458.2 |
| 2020 | #444 | 695 | 429.9 |
| 2021 | #473 | 660 | 402.2 |
| 2022 | #459 | 691 | 421.3 |
| 2023 | #483 | 634 | 395.1 |
| 2024 | #496 | 617 | 380.8 |
| 2025 | #493 | 601 | 373.9 |
World rankings
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Amanda on lists
Famous Amandas
- Amanda Laura Bynes
American actress
- Amanda Michelle Seyfried
American actress
- Amanda Leigh "Mandy" Moore
American singer and actress
- Amanda Blake (born Beverly Louise Neill)
American actress
- Amanda Lepore (born Armand Lepore)
American model
- Amanda Reifer
musician of Barbadian band Cover Drive
- Amanda Crew
Canadian actress
- Amanda Peet
American actress
- Amanda Michael Plummer
American actress, daughter of actor Christopher Plummer
- Amanda Lear
French singer and TV presenter
- Amanda Jones
Miss USA 1973
- Amanda Kessel
American Olympic hockey player
- Amanda Fuller
American actress
- Amanda Nicole Perez
American R&B singer
- Amanda Jo Adkins
American Olympic swimmer
- Amanda Ray Beard
American Olympic swimmer
- Amanda Righetti
American actress
- Amanda Ripley
American journalist and author
- Amanda Tapping
English,Canadian actress
- Amanda Laine
Canadian model
- Amanda Michelle Todd
Canadian teen whose suicide raised cyberbullying awareness
- Amanda MacKinnon Gaiman Palmer
American singer of band The Dresden Dolls
- Amanda Quick
pseudonym of novelist Jayne Ann Krentz
- Amanda Harlech (born Amanda Jane Grieve)
English fashion muse
- Amanda Wakeley
English fashion designer
- Amanda Evora
American Olympic pair skater
- Amanda (Louisa Kretz Lameche)
French pop singer
- Amanda "Mandy" Drury
American TV journalist
- Amanda de Cadenet
English photographer and TV presenter
- Amanda Louise Holden
English actress and TV presenter
- Amanda Randolph Hearst
American heiress and model
- Amanda Freitag
American celebrity chef
- Amanda Marie Knox
American woman imprisoned in Italy
- Amanda Coetzer
South African tennis player
- Amanda Katherine Anka
Bateman, American actress
- Amanda Jeanette Detmer
American actress
- Azealia Amanda Banks
American singer
- Amanda Kate Lambert
daughter of singer Nancy Sinatra
- Amanda Cavendish
12th Duchess of Devonshire
- Amanda Felicitas Stepto
Canadian actress
- Amanda Brooke Fein
American actress; twin sister Caitlin Fein
- Amanda Abbington (born Amanda Jane Smith)
English actress
- Amanda Joy "A.J." Michalka
American singer/actress of duo 78Violet
- Amanda Pays
English actress
- Amanda "Mandy" Lee Duffy
American singer of band MisterWives
- Amanda Jo Weir
American swimmer
- Amanda Lynn Steele
American YouTube beauty vlogger and model
- (Karin) Amanda Bergman
Swedish musician and songwriter
- Amanda Virkkunen
Finnish rhythmic gymnast
- Amanda Wellsh
Brazilian model
- Amanda Williford AKA Willa Ford
American Singer and Actress
- Amanda Lehan-Canto
American actress and member of Smosh
Amanda in pop culture
- Amanda "Mandy" Baxter
character on Last Man Standing.
- Amanda Rollins
character on TV's "Law & Order: SVU"
- Amanda Wingfield
character in Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie"
- Amanda
character in the Kingdom Keepers series by Ridley Pearson
- Amanda Bonner
character in movie "Adam's Rib"
- Amanda Beckett
character in movie "Can't Hardly Wait"
- Amanda Clarke
birth name of character Emily Thorne on TV's "Revenge"
- Amanda Jean King (nee West)
character on 1980's TV show "Scarecrow and Mrs. King"
- Amanda Krueger
mother of Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare on Elm Street series
- Amanda Collins
character on TV's "Nikita"
- Amanda Grayson
character on TV's "Star Trek"
- Amanda Tanner
character on TV's "Scandal"
- Amanda
character on TV's "Shameless" US
- Amanda "Mandy" Milkovich
character on TV's "Shameless" US
- Amanda Ellerby
character in the Willow Falls series by Wendy Mass
- Amanda De Santa
character in Grand Theft Auto video games
- Amanda Lemmon
character in movie "It Takes Two"
- Amanda Mueller aka The Black Womb
character in X,Men comics
- Amanda Waller
character in DC Comics
- Amanda Young
character in Saw movies
- Amanda Bentley
main character in "Amanda" by Candice F. Ransom
- Amanda Ripley
daughter of Ellen Ripley in the "Alien" series
- Amanda Brotzman
character in "Dirk Gently's Holictic Detective Agency"
- Amanda
character in "Dream Daddy"
- "Amanda
" 2009 movie and main character
- "Amanda"
song by Boston
- "Amanda
" children's book by Wolo Von Trutzschler, about a snake named Amanda
- Amanda Woodward
character on the TV series "Melrose Place" played by Heather Locklear