Girls' name · since 1973
Ameka
Ameka has 136 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1978 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,761 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 136
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
136 girls have been named Ameka since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ameka has been recorded 136 times among girls since 1973, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1993.
- #23,761 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 136 born since 1973
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ameka ranks #23,761 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 136 born since 1973, peaking in the 1970s.
- #23,761 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 136
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
Ameka's 136 recorded births place it above 67.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ameka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ameka's full recorded timeline at 1980, 40% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 60% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1978 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ameka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1993
- Peak year (1978)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Ameka by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (81 births, 60% of the file).
1970s was Ameka's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Ameka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
81 births
- 1980s
1980s
44 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 81 births (60% of all-time use).
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- Ameka's decade-level peak was the 1970s (81 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1990s -- 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 Ameka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
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, 1973–1993 (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 Ameka 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.