Girls' name · since 1961
Amara
Amara has 28,982 recorded births since 1961 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #853 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #98 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 28,982
- born since 1961
- 2020s
- peak decade
Amara currently ranks #98 among girls' names in America, with 28,982 babies recorded since 1961.
Social Security Administration records show Amara recorded 28,982 times among girls since 1961, holding rank #98 nationally today, ahead of 99.4% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 2025.
- #853 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #98 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 28,982 born since 1961
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amara ranks #853 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #98 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 28,982 born since 1961, peaking in the 2020s.
- #853 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #98 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 28,982
- born since 1961
- 2020s
- peak decade
Amara's 28,982 recorded births place it above 98.82% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Amara compares
28,982 Top 5% higher than 95% of 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
Amara's all-time total is 77x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Amara | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 28,982 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 2,630 | 21 | 19,840 |
Amara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Amara splits its recorded history at 1996: 95% of all births land in the more recent half, 5% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1961 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 2,630 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Amara popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 2,630
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
Amara popularity over time - boys
297 total births recorded since 1988 (Amara as boys' name)
Amara by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (13,101 births, 45% of the file).
2020s was Amara's strongest decade.
13,101 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Amara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 30
1960s
30 births
- 1970s 214
1970s
214 births
- 1980s 523
1980s
523 births
- 1990s 1,402
1990s
1,402 births
- 2000s 4,294
2000s
4,294 births
- 2010s
2010s
9,418 births
- 2020s
2020s
13,101 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 13,101 births (45% of all-time use).
How Amara compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Amara's total volume
Amara by state
Where Amara concentrates geographically, total births since 1961
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 3,407 | 11.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,366 | 8.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 1,741 | 6.0% |
| #4 | New York | | 1,643 | 5.7% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 1,178 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 1,053 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 961 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 948 | 3.3% |
3,407 of 28,982 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Amara appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Amaras (3,407 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Amara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~64 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, 1961–2025 (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 Amara 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.