Girls' name · since 1886
Amma
579 babies named Amma in U.S. Social Security records since 1886, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,785 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,474 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 579
- born since 1886
- 1920s
- peak decade
Amma currently ranks #9474 among girls' names in America, with 579 babies recorded since 1886.
Amma has 579 recorded births among girls since 1886, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9474 as of the latest data, more common than 45% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1886 to 2025.
- #10,785 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,474 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 579 born since 1886
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amma ranks #10,785 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,474 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 579 born since 1886, peaking in the 1920s.
- #10,785 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,474 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 579
- born since 1886
- 1920s
- peak decade
Amma's 579 recorded births place it above 85.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Amma compares
579 Top 42% higher than 58% 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
Amma's all-time total is 54% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Amma | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 579 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Amma's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Amma's full recorded timeline at 1969, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1886, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Amma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1886–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 140 years of records
Amma by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (79 births, 14% of the file).
1920s was Amma's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 14% of all-time use.
Amma births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 17
1880s
17 births
- 1890s
1890s
32 births
- 1900s
1900s
37 births
- 1910s
1910s
57 births
- 1920s
1920s
79 births
- 1930s
1930s
38 births
- 1940s 14
1940s
14 births
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 27
1970s
27 births
- 1980s
1980s
52 births
- 1990s
1990s
48 births
- 2000s
2000s
52 births
- 2010s
2010s
70 births
- 2020s
2020s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 79 births (14% of all-time use).
How Amma 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 Amma's total volume
Amma by state
Where Amma concentrates geographically, total births since 1886
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What to do with Amma's data
- Amma's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (79 total births) through the 2020s (45) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Ammas (5 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 Amma: 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 (~139 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, 1886–2025 (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 Amma 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.