Girls' name · since 1989
Amarah
Amarah has 2,641 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,901 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,188 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,641
- born since 1989
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Amarah is the #1188 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,641 recorded since 1989.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amarah has been recorded 2,641 times among girls since 1989, currently ranked #1188 nationally and more common than 93% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #3,901 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,188 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,641 born since 1989
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amarah ranks #3,901 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,188 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,641 born since 1989, peaking in the 2010s.
- #3,901 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,188 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,641
- born since 1989
- 2010s
- peak decade
Amarah's 2,641 recorded births place it above 94.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
29 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Amarah compares
2,641 Top 19% higher than 81% 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
Amarah's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Amarah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,641 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 206 | 21 | 19,840 |
Amarah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Amarah's full recorded timeline at 2008, 84% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 16% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 206 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Amarah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 206
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Amarah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,113 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Amarah's strongest decade.
1,113 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Amarah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 110
1990s
110 births
- 2000s 436
2000s
436 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,113 births
- 2020s
2020s
977 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,113 births (42% of all-time use).
How Amarah 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 Amarah's total volume
Amarah by state
Where Amarah concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 243 | 9.2% |
| #2 | Florida | | 177 | 6.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 162 | 6.1% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 104 | 3.9% |
| #5 | New York | | 88 | 3.3% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 63 | 2.4% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 53 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 39 | 1.5% |
243 of 2,641 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Amarah appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Amarah's data
- Amarah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,113 total births) through the 2020s (977) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Amarahs (243 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Amarah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1989–2025 (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 Amarah 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.