Girls' name · since 1984
Amora
Amora has 9,416 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,750 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #247 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,416
- born since 1984
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Amora is the #247 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 9,416 recorded since 1984.
Social Security Administration records show Amora recorded 9,416 times among girls since 1984, holding rank #247 nationally today, ahead of 99% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #1,750 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #247 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 9,416 born since 1984
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amora ranks #1,750 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #247 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 9,416 born since 1984, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,750 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #247 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,416
- born since 1984
- 2020s
- peak decade
Amora's 9,416 recorded births place it above 97.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
44 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Amora compares
9,416 Top 10% higher than 90% 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
Amora's all-time total is 25x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Amora | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 9,416 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,259 | 21 | 19,840 |
Amora's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Amora's full recorded timeline at 2010, 95% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 5% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1984, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 1,259 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Amora popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 1,259
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Currently ranks #247 among girls.
9,416 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2025 with 1,259 births in a single year.
Amora by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (5,700 births, 61% of the file).
2020s was Amora's strongest decade.
5,700 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Amora births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 31
1990s
31 births
- 2000s 476
2000s
476 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,204 births
- 2020s
2020s
5,700 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 5,700 births (61% of all-time use).
Amora decade highlights
- Peak decade 5,700 births
- Runner-up 3,204 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
How Amora 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 Amora's total volume
Amora by state
Where Amora concentrates geographically, total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 867 | 9.2% |
| #2 | California | | 765 | 8.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 726 | 7.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 485 | 5.2% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 456 | 4.8% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 445 | 4.7% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 422 | 4.5% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 390 | 4.1% |
867 of 9,416 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 44 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.2% of nationwide
- California 8.1% of nationwide
- Florida 7.7% of nationwide
- New York 5.2% of nationwide
- North Carolina 4.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 44 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.2% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Amora appears in 44 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Amora's data
- Texas records the most Amoras (867 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Amora: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1984–2025 (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 Amora 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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