Given name
Amaranta
“a flower that never fades”
Amaranta is used as a given name. One Latin interpretation is “a flower that never fades.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “a flower that never fades.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Amaranta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 148
- 0 boys · 148 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #9,494 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,494 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 211 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Amaranta’s family of names
Amaranta has a related form in Amare. Amaranta has a related form in Amantha. Amaranta has a related form in Amarante.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Amaranta
- Amaranta Gómez RegaladoMexican muxe anthropologistborn 1977
- Amaranta Osorio Cepedaplaywright, actress and arts managerborn 1978
- Amaranta FernándezSpanish volleyball playerborn 1983
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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