Girls' name · since 1998
Ammaarah
10 babies named Ammaarah in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #54,589 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1998
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ammaarah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 10 recorded since 1998.
Ammaarah has 10 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2000.
- #54,589 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 10 born since 1998
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ammaarah ranks #54,589 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 1998, peaking in the 1990s.
- #54,589 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1998
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ammaarah's 10 recorded births place it above 21.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ammaarah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ammaarah's full recorded timeline at 2000, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births.
Ammaarah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2000
- Peak year (1998)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2000.
10 total births across 3 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 5 births in a single year.
Ammaarah by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (5 births, 50% of the file).
1990s was Ammaarah's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Ammaarah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 5 births (50% of all-time use).
Ammaarah decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Ammaarah's data
- Ammaarah's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 2000s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ammaarah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~2 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, 1998–2000 (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 Ammaarah 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.
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