Girls' name · since 1970
Amera
Amera has 1,123 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,919 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,577 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,123
- born since 1970
- 2010s
- peak decade
1,123 babies have been named Amera since 1970, making it today's #4577 girls' name.
Amera has 1,123 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4577 as of the latest data, more common than 74% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.
- #6,919 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,577 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,123 born since 1970
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amera ranks #6,919 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,577 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,123 born since 1970, peaking in the 2010s.
- #6,919 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,577 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,123
- born since 1970
- 2010s
- peak decade
Amera's 1,123 recorded births place it above 90.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Amera compares
1,123 Top 30% higher than 70% 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
Amera's all-time total is 199% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Amera | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,123 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 53 | 21 | 19,840 |
Amera's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Amera's full recorded timeline at 2001, 77% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 23% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 53 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Amera popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 53
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Amera by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (357 births, 32% of the file).
2010s was Amera's strongest decade.
357 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Amera births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 45
1970s
45 births
- 1980s 67
1980s
67 births
- 1990s 129
1990s
129 births
- 2000s
2000s
336 births
- 2010s
2010s
357 births
- 2020s
2020s
189 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 357 births (32% of all-time use).
How Amera 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 Amera's total volume
Amera by state
Where Amera concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 28 | 2.5% |
| #2 | California | | 16 | 1.4% |
| #3 | Maryland | | 8 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 5 | 0.4% |
28 of 1,123 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Amera's data
- Amera's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (357 total births) through the 2020s (189) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Ameras (28 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Amera: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~55 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, 1970–2025 (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 Amera 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.