Amesha — girls' name
323 babies named Amesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
323 girls have been named Amesha since 1976, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2010.
- 323
- total births
- 1976–2010
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
47% of everyone ever named Amesha was born in this single decade.
38 babies were named Amesha in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Amesha
The Social Security Administration has registered 323 babies named Amesha between 1976 and 2010, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Amesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 38 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Amesha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 152 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Amesha 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 Amesha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Amesha 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 323 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.
Amesha at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Amesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1976
- Peak year (1986)
- 38
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
323 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 38 births in a single year.
Amesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 152 births that decade — 47% of Amesha's all-time total
Amesha decade highlights
- Peak decade 152 births
- Runner-up 89 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Amesha's strongest decade
152 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Amesha by state
Where Amesha concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.5% |
5 of 323 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–2010 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.