Girls' name · since 1976
Amirah
Amirah has 10,863 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,580 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #492 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 10,863
- born since 1976
- 2010s
- peak decade
10,863 babies have been named Amirah since 1976, making it today's #492 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amirah has been recorded 10,863 times among girls since 1976, currently ranked #492 nationally and more common than 97% 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 1976 to 2025.
- #1,580 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #492 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 10,863 born since 1976
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amirah ranks #1,580 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #492 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 10,863 born since 1976, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,580 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #492 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 10,863
- born since 1976
- 2010s
- peak decade
Amirah's 10,863 recorded births place it above 97.81% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
38 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Amirah compares
10,863 Top 9% higher than 91% 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
Amirah's all-time total is 29x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Amirah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 10,863 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 678 | 21 | 19,840 |
Amirah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Amirah splits its recorded history at 2001: 89% of all births land in the more recent half, 11% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1977 (11 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 678 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Amirah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 678
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Amirah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (3,977 births, 37% of the file).
2010s was Amirah's strongest decade.
3,977 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Amirah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 51
1970s
51 births
- 1980s 296
1980s
296 births
- 1990s 747
1990s
747 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,280 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,977 births
- 2020s
2020s
3,512 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 3,977 births (37% of all-time use).
How Amirah 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 Amirah's total volume
Amirah by state
Where Amirah concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 971 | 8.9% |
| #2 | California | | 919 | 8.5% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 754 | 6.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 704 | 6.5% |
| #5 | Texas | | 658 | 6.1% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 616 | 5.7% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 486 | 4.5% |
| #8 | Maryland | | 449 | 4.1% |
971 of 10,863 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 38 reporting states.
Amirah appears in 38 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Amirah's data
- Amirah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (3,977 total births) through the 2020s (3,512) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Amirahs (971 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Amirah: 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 (~49 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, 1976–2025 (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 Amirah 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.