Amaru is a Quechua name from the Andes and means "serpent" or "snake", a sacred creature in Inca belief. It was carried by Túpac Amaru, the last Inca ruler, and by the 18th-century rebel leader Túpac Amaru II, after whom the rapper Tupac Shakur was named. Amaru has climbed from number 5597 in 2000 to a best rank of number 2254 in 2021 and stands at number 2390 in the United States in 2025.