Given name
Amaranth
“a flower that never fades”
Amaranth is a variant of Amaranta. One Latin interpretation is “a flower that never fades.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Amaranth is a variant of Amaranta. One Latin interpretation is “a flower that never fades.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Amaranth is a variant of Amaranta. An origin associated with Amaranta is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2016. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Amaranth through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 0 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 2018.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Amaranth’s family of names
Amaranth has a related form in Amaranta.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Amaranth
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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