Girls' name · since 2007
Amilah
Amilah has 527 recorded births since 2007 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,458 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,538 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 527
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
527 babies have been named Amilah since 2007, making it today's #4538 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amilah has been recorded 527 times among girls since 2007, currently ranked #4538 nationally and more common than 74% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2025.
- #11,458 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,538 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 527 born since 2007
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amilah ranks #11,458 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,538 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 527 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,458 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,538 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 527
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Amilah's 527 recorded births place it above 84.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Amilah compares
527 Top 44% higher than 56% 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
Amilah's all-time total is 40% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Amilah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 527 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 54 | 21 | 19,840 |
Amilah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Amilah's full recorded timeline at 2016, 74% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 26% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2009, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 54 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Amilah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 54
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Amilah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (273 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Amilah's strongest decade.
273 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Amilah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 21
2000s
21 births
- 2010s
2010s
273 births
- 2020s
2020s
233 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 273 births (52% of all-time use).
How Amilah 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 Amilah's total volume
Amilah by state
Where Amilah concentrates geographically, total births since 2007
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 22 | 4.2% |
| #2 | California | | 21 | 4.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 18 | 3.4% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 11 | 2.1% |
22 of 527 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Amilah's data
- Amilah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (273 total births) through the 2020s (233) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Amilahs (22 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Amilah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~18 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, 2007–2025 (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 Amilah 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.