Girls' name · since 2004
Amylah
Amylah has 425 recorded births since 2004 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,022 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,337 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 425
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Amylah is the #4337 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 425 recorded since 2004.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amylah has been recorded 425 times among girls since 2004, currently ranked #4337 nationally and more common than 75% 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 2004 to 2025.
- #13,022 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,337 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 425 born since 2004
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amylah ranks #13,022 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,337 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 425 born since 2004, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,022 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,337 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 425
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Amylah's 425 recorded births place it above 81.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Illinois.
How Amylah compares
425 Top 48% higher than 52% 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
Amylah's all-time total is 13% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Amylah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 425 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 40 | 21 | 19,840 |
Amylah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Amylah's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 73% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 27%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2020 peak of 40, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Amylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 40
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Amylah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (201 births, 47% of the file).
2020s was Amylah's strongest decade.
201 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Amylah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 27
2000s
27 births
- 2010s
2010s
197 births
- 2020s
2020s
201 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 201 births (47% of all-time use).
Amylah by state
Where Amylah concentrates geographically, total births since 2004
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 11 | 2.6% |
| #2 | Florida | | 6 | 1.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 5 | 1.2% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 5 | 1.2% |
11 of 425 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- Illinois records the most Amylahs (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Amylah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2004–2025 (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 Amylah 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.