Girls' name · since 2003
Ameah
148 babies named Ameah in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,879 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 148
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
148 girls have been named Ameah since 2003, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Ameah recorded 148 times among girls since 2003, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2023.
- #22,879 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 148 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ameah ranks #22,879 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 148 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,879 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 148
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ameah's 148 recorded births place it above 68.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ameah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ameah's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2017 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ameah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2023
- Peak year (2017)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Ameah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (94 births, 64% of the file).
2010s was Ameah's strongest decade.
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Ameah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 35
2000s
35 births
- 2010s
2010s
94 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 94 births (64% of all-time use).
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- Ameah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (94 total births); usage has since declined to 19 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Ameah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~20 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, 2003–2023 (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 Ameah 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.