Amenda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Amenda

The Social Security Administration has registered 322 babies named Amenda between 1942 and 2000, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Amenda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Amenda performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Amenda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Amenda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Amenda in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 322 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.