Girls' name · since 1957
Amantha
163 babies named Amantha in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,878 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 163
- born since 1957
- 1980s
- peak decade
163 girls have been named Amantha since 1957, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Amantha recorded 163 times among girls since 1957, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1957 to 2020.
- #21,878 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 163 born since 1957
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amantha ranks #21,878 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 163 born since 1957, peaking in the 1980s.
- #21,878 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 163
- born since 1957
- 1980s
- peak decade
Amantha's 163 recorded births place it above 69.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Amantha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Amantha's SSA record in two at 1983 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1957, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1982 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Amantha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–2020
- Peak year (1982)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Amantha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (70 births, 43% of the file).
1980s was Amantha's strongest decade.
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Amantha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 24
1960s
24 births
- 1970s
1970s
36 births
- 1980s
1980s
70 births
- 1990s 23
1990s
23 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 70 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Amantha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (70 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Amantha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~63 yrs)
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, 1957–2020 (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 Amantha 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.