Amira — #136 US girls' name
23,429 babies named Amira in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.2% of names given to girls today.
35% of everyone ever named Amira was born in this single decade.
2,176 babies were named Amira in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Amira
The Social Security Administration has registered 23,429 babies named Amira between 1963 and 2024, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Amira currently holds the #136 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 2,176 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Amira performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 8,197 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Amira shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,479 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Amira in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Amira 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 23,429 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.
Amira at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Amira popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1963
- Peak year (2024)
- 2,176
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
Currently ranks #136 among girls.
23,429 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 2,176 births in a single year.
Amira popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 2024 (Amira as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Amira accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Amira by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 8,197 births that decade — 35% of Amira's all-time total
Amira decade highlights
- Peak decade 8,197 births
- Runner-up 8,159 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Amira's strongest decade
8,197 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Amira by state
Where Amira concentrates geographically — total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,479 | 10.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 1,950 | 8.3% |
| #3 | Texas | | 1,587 | 6.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 1,450 | 6.2% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 1,074 | 4.6% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 1,058 | 4.5% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 1,044 | 4.5% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 816 | 3.5% |
2,479 of 23,429 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 47 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.6% of nationwide
- New York 8.3% of nationwide
- Texas 6.8% of nationwide
- Florida 6.2% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 47 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Amira appears in 47 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1963–2024 (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.