Girls' name · since 1978
Amenah
Amenah has 204 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,584 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,400 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 204
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Amenah is the #15400 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 204 recorded since 1978.
Social Security Administration records show Amenah recorded 204 times among girls since 1978, holding rank #15400 nationally today, ahead of 11% of girls, 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 1978 to 2025.
- #19,584 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,400 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 204 born since 1978
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amenah ranks #19,584 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,400 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 204 born since 1978, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,584 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,400 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 204
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Amenah's 204 recorded births place it above 72.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Amenah compares
204 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
Amenah's all-time total is 46% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Amenah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 204 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Amenah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Amenah splits its recorded history at 2008: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Amenah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Amenah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (79 births, 39% of the file).
2010s was Amenah's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Amenah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 25
1990s
25 births
- 2000s
2000s
66 births
- 2010s
2010s
79 births
- 2020s 24
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 79 births (39% of all-time use).
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What to do with Amenah's data
- Amenah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (79 total births); usage has since declined to 24 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 Amenah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1978–2025 (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 Amenah 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.