Girls' name · since 1963
Amira
Amira has 25,609 recorded births since 1963 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #909 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #132 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 25,609
- born since 1963
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Amira is the #132 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 25,609 recorded since 1963.
Amira has 25,609 recorded births among girls since 1963, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #132 as of the latest data, more common than 99.2% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2025.
- #909 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #132 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 25,609 born since 1963
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amira ranks #909 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #132 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 25,609 born since 1963, peaking in the 2020s.
- #909 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #132 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 25,609
- born since 1963
- 2020s
- peak decade
Amira's 25,609 recorded births place it above 98.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
47 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Amira compares
25,609 Top 6% higher than 94% 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
Amira's all-time total is 68x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Amira | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 25,609 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 2,182 | 21 | 19,840 |
Amira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Amira splits its recorded history at 1996: 94% of all births land in the more recent half, 6% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1963 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 2,182 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Amira popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 2,182
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Amira popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2024 (Amira as boys' name)
Amira by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (10,336 births, 40% of the file).
2020s was Amira's strongest decade.
10,336 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Amira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 24
1960s
24 births
- 1970s 257
1970s
257 births
- 1980s 595
1980s
595 births
- 1990s 1,563
1990s
1,563 births
- 2000s
2000s
4,635 births
- 2010s
2010s
8,199 births
- 2020s
2020s
10,336 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 10,336 births (40% of all-time use).
How Amira 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 Amira's total volume
Amira by state
Where Amira concentrates geographically, total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,770 | 10.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 2,117 | 8.3% |
| #3 | Texas | | 1,807 | 7.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 1,636 | 6.4% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 1,141 | 4.5% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 1,135 | 4.4% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 1,125 | 4.4% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 890 | 3.5% |
2,770 of 25,609 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 47 reporting states.
Amira appears in 47 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Amiras (2,770 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Amira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~62 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, 1963–2025 (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 Amira 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.