Amita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Amita

The Social Security Administration has registered 468 babies named Amita between 1961 and 2018, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Amita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Amita performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 114 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Amita shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Amita in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Amita 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 468 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.