Girls' name · since 1968
Amena
Amena has 1,081 recorded births since 1968 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,111 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,571 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,081
- born since 1968
- 2010s
- peak decade
Amena currently ranks #4571 among girls' names in America, with 1,081 babies recorded since 1968.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amena has been recorded 1,081 times among girls since 1968, currently ranked #4571 nationally and more common than 74% 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 1968 to 2025.
- #7,111 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,571 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,081 born since 1968
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amena ranks #7,111 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,571 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,081 born since 1968, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,111 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,571 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,081
- born since 1968
- 2010s
- peak decade
Amena's 1,081 recorded births place it above 90.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Amena compares
1,081 Top 31% higher than 69% 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
Amena's all-time total is 188% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Amena | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,081 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 44 | 21 | 19,840 |
Amena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Amena's full recorded timeline at 1998, 70% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 30% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 44 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Amena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 44
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Amena by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (313 births, 29% of the file).
2010s was Amena's strongest decade.
313 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Amena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 9
1960s
9 births
- 1970s 83
1970s
83 births
- 1980s 118
1980s
118 births
- 1990s
1990s
148 births
- 2000s
2000s
213 births
- 2010s
2010s
313 births
- 2020s
2020s
197 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 313 births (29% of all-time use).
How Amena 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 Amena's total volume
Amena by state
Where Amena concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 46 | 4.3% |
| #2 | New York | | 24 | 2.2% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 15 | 1.4% |
| #4 | Texas | | 12 | 1.1% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Florida | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.5% |
46 of 1,081 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Amena's data
- Amena's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (313 total births) through the 2020s (197) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Amenas (46 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Amena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~57 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, 1968–2025 (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 Amena 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.