Girls' name · since 1999

Ahmirah

Since 1999, U.S. Social Security records show 62 babies named Ahmirah, peaking in 2015. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#32,418 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,840 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
62
born since 1999
2010s
peak decade

Ahmirah currently ranks #15840 among girls' names in America, with 62 babies recorded since 1999.

Social Security Administration records show Ahmirah recorded 62 times among girls since 1999, holding rank #15840 nationally today, ahead of 8% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.

  • #32,418 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #15,840 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 62 born since 1999
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ahmirah ranks #32,418 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,840 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 62 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.

#32,418 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,840 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
62
born since 1999
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%8.4%
Ahmirah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Ahmirah's 62 recorded births place it above 54.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Ahmirah compares

62 18th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Ahmirah's all-time total is 84% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Ahmirah Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 62 376 567,345
Peak-year births 10 21 19,840

Ahmirah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Ahmirah's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Ahmirah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2015)
10
Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
4681012 1999201020122015201620172018201920232025 5

Ahmirah by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (44 births, 71% of the file).

2010s was Ahmirah's strongest decade.

44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.

Ahmirah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 44 births (71% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ahmirah?
62 babies have been named Ahmirah since 1999. All-time, it sits at #32,418 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #15,840 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2015 with 10 births.
Where does Ahmirah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ahmirah ranks #32,418 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,840 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Ahmirah most popular?
Ahmirah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 44 total births. The single peak year was 2015.
How long has the name Ahmirah been used?
The SSA has tracked Ahmirah since 1999 -- 27 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Ahmirah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ahmya, Ahmani, Ahmari, Ahmiyah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Ahmirah's data

  • Ahmirah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (44 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Ahmirah

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Ahmirah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1999–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ahmirah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.