Girls' name · since 1998
Ammara
Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 192 babies named Ammara, peaking in 2020. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,221 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,778 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 192
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
192 babies have been named Ammara since 1998, making it today's #9778 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Ammara recorded 192 times among girls since 1998, holding rank #9778 nationally today, ahead of 43% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #20,221 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,778 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 192 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ammara ranks #20,221 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,778 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 192 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,221 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,778 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 192
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ammara's 192 recorded births place it above 71.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ammara compares
192 36th percentile among 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
Ammara's all-time total is 49% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ammara | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 192 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ammara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ammara splits its recorded history at 2015: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ammara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Ammara by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (83 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Ammara's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Ammara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 14
1990s
14 births
- 2000s 33
2000s
33 births
- 2010s
2010s
83 births
- 2020s
2020s
62 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 83 births (43% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ammara's data
- Ammara's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (83 total births) through the 2020s (62) -- 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 Ammara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Ammara 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.