Amanda Plummer
There are approximately 63 people named Amanda Plummer living in the United States today. That makes this name combination very rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 5,440,545 Americans.
This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Amanda with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Plummer. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and ancestry information.
Expected bearers
63
1 in 5,440,545
Named Amanda
728K
Alive today
Named Plummer
30K
Alive today
US population
343M
Denominator
Estimated living: 728K
Rarity: Very Common
Gender: Female
Peak year: 1987
Average age: 39
Estimated bearers: 30K
Rarity: Uncommon
Census rank: #1,382
Per 100K: 8.68
Top ancestry: White (69.0%)
First name trend
Amanda: popularity over time
Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Amanda. The peak year was 1987 with 41,909 births. The average person named Amanda today is 39 years old.
Babies born per year
Ethnicity
Ancestry of the Plummer surname
Self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people with the surname Plummer, from the 2010 US Census Bureau. The largest group is White at 69.0%.
- White69.0%
- Black or African American24.7%
- Hispanic or Latino2.4%
- Two or more races2.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.4%
Methodology
How we calculated this
The first name Amanda has a living-bearer frequency of 0.2124% of the US population, based on 727,877 estimated living Americans carrying this first name (from SSA birth records going back to 1880, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables).
The surname Plummer appears at a rate of 8.68 per 100,000 residents in the 2010 Census Bureau surname file, which translates to a frequency of 0.0087%.
Multiplying these two independent frequencies against the current US population of 342,754,338 gives an expected count of approximately 63 people with the full name Amanda Plummer. This assumes statistical independence between first and last names, which is a simplification but produces reasonable estimates for most combinations.
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FAQ
Amanda Plummer: questions and answers
How many people are named Amanda Plummer?
We estimate approximately 63 people in the United States share the full name Amanda Plummer. That works out to about 1 in 5,440,545 Americans. This is calculated by combining the first-name frequency (0.2124%) with the surname frequency (8.68 per 100K) against the current US population.
How rare is the name Amanda Plummer?
We classify Amanda Plummer as "Very Rare". About 1 in 5,440,545 Americans share this exact first and last name combination.
Is Amanda a male or female name?
Amanda is predominantly female. Out of 792,151 total SSA registrations, 0.3% were male and 99.7% were female. See the full Amanda profile for detailed gender data.
Where does this data come from?
First-name data comes from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files (1880 to 2024). Surname data comes from the 2010 US Census Bureau decennial surname tables. Living-bearer estimates use CDC actuarial life tables to adjust for mortality. Read the full methodology.