Girls' name · since 1994
Ammarah
Since 1994, U.S. Social Security records show 73 babies named Ammarah, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #30,594 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,733 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 73
- born since 1994
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ammarah currently ranks #9733 among girls' names in America, with 73 babies recorded since 1994.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ammarah has been recorded 73 times among girls since 1994, currently ranked #9733 nationally and more common than 44% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- #30,594 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,733 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 73 born since 1994
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ammarah ranks #30,594 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,733 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 73 born since 1994, peaking in the 2020s.
- #30,594 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,733 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 73
- born since 1994
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ammarah's 73 recorded births place it above 57.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ammarah compares
73 20th 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
Ammarah's all-time total is 81% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ammarah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 73 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ammarah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ammarah splits its recorded history at 2020: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1994 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ammarah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Ammarah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (44 births, 60% of the file).
2020s was Ammarah's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Ammarah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
18 births
- 2020s
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 44 births (60% of all-time use).
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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, 1994–2025 (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 Ammarah 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.