Girls' name · since 1982
Amerah
Amerah has 444 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,710 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,791 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 444
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
Amerah currently ranks #5791 among girls' names in America, with 444 babies recorded since 1982.
Amerah has 444 recorded births among girls since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5791 as of the latest data, more common than 67% 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 1982 to 2025.
- #12,710 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,791 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 444 born since 1982
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amerah ranks #12,710 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,791 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 444 born since 1982, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,710 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,791 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 444
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
Amerah's 444 recorded births place it above 82.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Amerah compares
444 Top 47% higher than 53% 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
Amerah's all-time total is 18% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Amerah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 444 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 21 | 19,840 |
Amerah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Amerah's full recorded timeline at 2011, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1982, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 27 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Amerah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Amerah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (167 births, 38% of the file).
2010s was Amerah's strongest decade.
167 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Amerah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 19
1990s
19 births
- 2000s
2000s
152 births
- 2010s
2010s
167 births
- 2020s
2020s
101 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 167 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Amerah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (167 total births) through the 2020s (101) -- 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 Amerah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1982–2025 (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 Amerah 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.