Girls' name · since 1993
Amaranta
Amaranta has 148 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,877 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,719 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 148
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Amaranta is the #9719 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 148 recorded since 1993.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amaranta has been recorded 148 times among girls since 1993, currently ranked #9719 nationally and more common than 44% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #22,877 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,719 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 148 born since 1993
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amaranta ranks #22,877 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,719 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 148 born since 1993, peaking in the 1990s.
- #22,877 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,719 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 148
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Amaranta's 148 recorded births place it above 68.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Amaranta compares
148 31st percentile among 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
Amaranta's all-time total is 61% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Amaranta | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 148 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Amaranta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Amaranta's full recorded timeline at 2005, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Amaranta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Amaranta by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (63 births, 43% of the file).
1990s was Amaranta's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Amaranta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
63 births
- 2000s
2000s
48 births
- 2010s 20
2010s
20 births
- 2020s 17
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 63 births (43% of all-time use).
Amaranta by state
Where Amaranta concentrates geographically, total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 14 | 9.5% |
14 of 148 births nationwide.
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What to do with Amaranta's data
- Amaranta's decade-level peak was the 1990s (63 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Amarantas (14 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 Amaranta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1993–2025 (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 Amaranta 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.