Amiel
A Hebrew masculine name meaning "my people is God".
Name Census estimates that about 1,008 living Americans carry the first name Amiel. It is a predominantly male name (95.1% of registrations). The average person named Amiel today is around 27 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Amiel births was 2022 (46 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Amiel. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Amiel with official rankings and popularity over time.
Key insights
- • Although Amiel is used almost entirely for boys, the SSA data does show 62 girls registered with the name since 1880.
People living today
1.0K
~ 1 in 340,034 Americans
Peak year
2022
46 babies that year
Average age
27
years old
2024 SSA rank
#3,593
Tracked since 1892
Census
Amiel in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 1,000 people with the first name Amiel, which placed it at #12,439 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#12,439
National first-name rank
People counted
1.0K
1,000 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.3
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
29.2% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Amiel
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Amiel is White at 29.2%. The next largest groups are Black (24.0%) and Hispanic (21.2%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Amiel described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Amiel at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White29.2% · 292
- Black or African American24.0% · 240
- Hispanic or Latino21.2% · 212
- Asian and Pacific Islander20.0% · 200
- Two or more races3.9% · 39
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.7% · 17
Gender
Gender distribution for Amiel
Amiel leans heavily male at 95.1% of total registrations, but 62 girls have also been registered with the name over the years, giving it a small but present crossover presence.
Amiel as a male name
- Ranked #3,593 in 2024
- 31 male births in 2024
- Peak: 2022 (41 births)
Amiel as a female name
- Ranked #15,453 in 2022
- 5 female births in 2022
- Peak: 2009 (11 births)
2020 Census snapshot
In the 2020 Census sex table, Amiel leans strongly male. 885 people counted with this name were male (88.5%), compared with 115 female bearers (11.5%).
Popularity
Amiel: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Amiel from the 1890s through to the 2020s, spanning 14 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 248 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2000s peak, Amiel remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Amiel by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Amiel during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Amiels live
The SSA's state-level files cover 5 states and territories. California, New York, Texas recorded the most babies named Amiel, while Ohio, Florida, Texas recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 23 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Amiel
The given name Amiel is of Hebrew origin, derived from the biblical name Ammiel, which means "people of God" or "my kinsman is God." The name first appeared in the Old Testament, specifically in the Book of Numbers (13:12), where Ammiel is mentioned as a member of the tribe of Dan.
In ancient times, the name Amiel was primarily used by Jewish communities in the Middle East and Mediterranean regions. It gained popularity during the Middle Ages among Sephardic Jews, who settled in Spain and Portugal after the expulsion from the Iberian Peninsula in the late 15th century.
One of the earliest recorded examples of the name Amiel can be found in the 12th century. Amiel de Berbeziers was a French scholar and theologian who lived from around 1110 to 1170. He was known for his work in interpreting the Bible and defending the Catholic faith against heretical movements of the time.
In the 16th century, Amiel Melamed was a prominent rabbi and scholar in the Ottoman Empire. Born in Salonika (now Thessaloniki, Greece) around 1540, he wrote extensively on Jewish law and philosophy, and his works were highly regarded among his contemporaries.
During the 17th century, Amiel Valerio was an Italian philosopher and poet born in Naples in 1625. He is best known for his philosophical treatise "De la Saggezza" (On Wisdom), which explored themes of ethics, virtue, and the pursuit of knowledge.
In the 19th century, Henri-Frédéric Amiel was a Swiss philosopher and poet who lived from 1821 to 1881. His most famous work, "Journal Intime" (Intimate Journal), is a collection of personal reflections and insights on philosophy, religion, and the human condition.
Another notable figure was Amiel Hirsch, an American rabbi and Zionist leader born in 1876. He played a significant role in the early 20th century in promoting the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and was involved in the founding of several Zionist organizations.
People
Amiel + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Amiel as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with A
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Amiel: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Amiel?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 1,008 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Amiel going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 340,034 US residents.
Is Amiel a common name?
We classify Amiel as "Rare". It ranks above 90.2% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 1,262 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Amiel most popular?
The single biggest year for Amiel was 2022, when 46 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Amiel is about 27 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Amiel in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 1,000 people with the name Amiel, or 0.33 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #12,439 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Amiel in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Amiel?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Amiel leans strongly male. 885 people counted with this name were male (88.5%), compared with 115 female bearers (11.5%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Amiel?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Amiel is White at 29.2%. The next largest groups are Black (24.0%) and Hispanic (21.2%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Amiel most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Amiel in the 2020 Census, accounting for 29.2% (292 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Amiel in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Amiel a male name?
Yes, 95.1% of people registered as Amiel in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Amiel still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Amiel in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Amiel can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are called Amiel?
HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, answers that with the living-bearer count in one glance.