Amarilis comes from the Spanish tradition, meaning Amarilis: Graceful flower, symbolizes beauty..
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How popular is Amarilis?
1990peak year
Amarilis has settled into a steady rhythm — neither rising sharply nor fading, holding a consistent place in U.S. birth records. It currently ranks well outside the top 1,000 (around #10467), with about 9 babies named Amarilis each year. In 1990, 27 babies received the name (ranked #3816). Total registrations across all years since 1880: roughly 739.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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