Amitai
Amittai was the father of the Prophet Jonah. He was also a native of Gath-hepher.
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Amitai
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Amittai was the father of the Prophet Jonah. He was also a native of Gath-hepher.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
The Story of Amitai
The earliest SSA record of Amitai as a baby boy name dates back to 1997, when 7 babies received it. 2008 was its biggest year on record, with 13 newborns named Amitai — #6,392 in the national rankings. About 37% of every Amitai on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Amitai last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 179 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Amitai
Amitai is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1997 and has accumulated 179 births in the dataset. Amitai's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #6,392. Use the chart and map above to compare Amitai's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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