Girls' name · since 1996
Ameriah
Since 1996, U.S. Social Security records show 314 babies named Ameriah, peaking in 2009. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #15,517 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,233 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 314
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ameriah currently ranks #6233 among girls' names in America, with 314 babies recorded since 1996.
Ameriah has 314 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6233 as of the latest data, more common than 64% 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 1996 to 2025.
- #15,517 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,233 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 314 born since 1996
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ameriah ranks #15,517 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,233 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 314 born since 1996, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,517 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,233 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 314
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ameriah's 314 recorded births place it above 78.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ameriah compares
314 46th 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
Ameriah's all-time total is 16% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ameriah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 314 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ameriah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ameriah's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1996, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 29, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ameriah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Ameriah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (137 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Ameriah's strongest decade.
137 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Ameriah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
98 births
- 2010s
2010s
137 births
- 2020s
2020s
74 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 137 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Ameriah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (137 total births) through the 2020s (74) -- 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 Ameriah: 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 (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Ameriah 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.