Amana — #6015 US girls' name
420 babies named Amana in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 66% of names given to girls today.
30% of everyone ever named Amana was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Amana in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Amana
The Social Security Administration has registered 420 babies named Amana between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Amana currently holds the #6015 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Amana performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 128 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Amana shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. 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 Amana in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Amana 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 420 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.
Amana at a glance
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Current rank
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Amana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1979
- Peak year (2024)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
Currently ranks #6015 among girls.
420 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 20 births in a single year.
Amana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 128 births that decade — 30% of Amana's all-time total
Amana decade highlights
- Peak decade 128 births
- Runner-up 101 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Amana's strongest decade
128 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Amana by state
Where Amana concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.2% |
5 of 420 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.2% 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, 1979–2024 (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.