Amaru comes from the ModernAmerican / InventedVariant tradition, meaning "Serpent" or "snake deity.".
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How popular is Amaru?
2021peak year
Amaru is on the rise. After years out of the spotlight, it has been gaining ground with U.S. parents in the most recent decade. It currently ranks well outside the top 1,000 (around #2854), with about 49 babies named Amaru each year. In 2021, 62 babies received the name (ranked #2253). Total registrations across all years since 1880: roughly 955.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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