Amala — #6755 US girls' name
310 babies named Amala in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 62% of names given to girls today.
33% of everyone ever named Amala was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Amala in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Amala
The Social Security Administration has registered 310 babies named Amala between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Amala currently holds the #6755 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Amala performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Amala shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Amala in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Amala in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 310 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Amala at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Amala popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1991
- Peak year (2023)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
Currently ranks #6755 among girls.
310 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 28 births in a single year.
Amala by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 103 births that decade — 33% of Amala's all-time total
Amala decade highlights
- Peak decade 103 births
- Runner-up 101 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Amala's strongest decade
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Amala by state
Where Amala concentrates geographically — total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.6% |
5 of 310 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1991–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.