Amma — #15291 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Amma

The Social Security Administration has registered 568 babies named Amma between 1886 and 2024, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Amma currently holds the #15291 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Amma performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Amma shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Amma in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Amma 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 568 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.