Girls' name · since 2007
Ameliyah
206 babies named Ameliyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,509 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,894 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 206
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
206 babies have been named Ameliyah since 2007, making it today's #9894 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ameliyah has been recorded 206 times among girls since 2007, currently ranked #9894 nationally and more common than 43% 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 2007 to 2025.
- #19,509 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,894 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 206 born since 2007
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ameliyah ranks #19,509 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,894 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 206 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,509 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,894 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 206
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ameliyah's 206 recorded births place it above 72.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ameliyah compares
206 37th 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
Ameliyah's all-time total is 45% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ameliyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 206 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ameliyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ameliyah's full recorded timeline at 2016, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2008, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ameliyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Ameliyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (128 births, 62% of the file).
2010s was Ameliyah's strongest decade.
128 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Ameliyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
- 2010s
2010s
128 births
- 2020s
2020s
62 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 128 births (62% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ameliyah's data
- Ameliyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (128 total births) through the 2020s (62) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Ameliyah: 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 (~18 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, 2007–2025 (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 Ameliyah 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.