Amara
#98 for girls in 2025, 2,630 births · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to girls 99.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 2,630 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 1 yrof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 28,982since 1961
Amara over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #98 | 2,630 | #8,243 | 9 |
| 2024 | #121 | 2,296 | #6,832 | 12 |
| 2023 | #123 | 2,282 | #5,470 | 17 |
| 2022 | #141 | 2,049 | #6,479 | 13 |
| 2021 | #142 | 1,924 | #7,089 | 11 |
| 2020 | #142 | 1,920 | #8,739 | 8 |
| 2019 | #140 | 1,998 | #7,173 | 11 |
| 2018 | #189 | 1,588 | #5,770 | 15 |
| 2017 | #206 | 1,500 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #301 | 1,085 | #7,157 | 11 |
| 2015 | #459 | 691 | #5,746 | 15 |
| 2014 | #511 | 607 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | #578 | 497 | #7,026 | 11 |
| 2012 | #571 | 514 | #9,709 | 7 |
| 2011 | #587 | 491 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #654 | 447 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #586 | 516 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #576 | 535 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #577 | 522 | #6,262 | 13 |
| 2006 | #573 | 511 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #571 | 501 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #607 | 456 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #652 | 406 | #8,643 | 7 |
| 2002 | #790 | 297 | #5,725 | 12 |
| 2001 | #870 | 263 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #796 | 287 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #1,033 | 197 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #1,078 | 180 | #5,466 | 11 |
| 1997 | #1,110 | 169 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,215 | 146 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #1,229 | 139 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,400 | 115 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,518 | 103 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #1,422 | 114 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,463 | 108 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,253 | 131 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,750 | 77 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,863 | 66 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #1,748 | 68 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,838 | 61 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,809 | 62 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,574 | 36 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,135 | 46 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,492 | 38 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,488 | 38 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,866 | 31 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,860 | 30 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,909 | 27 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,287 | 21 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,811 | 26 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,556 | 29 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,373 | 19 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,577 | 17 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | — | |
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| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Amara! It came in at #6,567, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1961–1966, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Amara is popular in 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- South Dakota#148 · 1 in 433
- North Dakota#166 · 1 in 526
- Wisconsin#216 · 1 in 875
- New Mexico#331 · 1 in 1,146
- Arizona#363 · 1 in 1,596
Best ever in a state: #25 in New Mexico, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #148 | 7 | 1 in 433 |
| North Dakota | #166 | 5 | 1 in 526 |
| Wisconsin | #216 | 28 | 1 in 875 |
| New Mexico | #331 | 7 | 1 in 1,146 |
| Arizona | #363 | 21 | 1 in 1,596 |
| Idaho | #381 | 5 | 1 in 1,354 |
| Indiana | #381 | 18 | 1 in 1,761 |
| Washington | #396 | 18 | 1 in 1,742 |
| Colorado | #407 | 14 | 1 in 1,703 |
| Ohio | #407 | 26 | 1 in 2,094 |
| Missouri | #437 | 13 | 1 in 2,155 |
| Michigan | #464 | 18 | 1 in 2,375 |
| Oregon | #467 | 8 | 1 in 1,954 |
| Nevada | #468 | 6 | 1 in 1,910 |
| Pennsylvania | #471 | 22 | 1 in 2,483 |
| Minnesota | #476 | 11 | 1 in 2,254 |
| Iowa | #506 | 6 | 1 in 2,204 |
| North Carolina | #513 | 18 | 1 in 2,579 |
| New York | #517 | 35 | 1 in 2,708 |
| Kansas | #521 | 6 | 1 in 2,293 |
| Connecticut | #524 | 5 | 1 in 2,523 |
| Florida | #527 | 30 | 1 in 2,744 |
| Kentucky | #538 | 7 | 1 in 2,755 |
| Massachusetts | #577 | 8 | 1 in 3,281 |
| Maryland | #608 | 8 | 1 in 3,090 |
| Illinois | #663 | 18 | 1 in 3,513 |
| Tennessee | #723 | 8 | 1 in 3,815 |
| California | #794 | 47 | 1 in 4,644 |
| Virginia | #810 | 8 | 1 in 4,587 |
| Georgia | #851 | 11 | 1 in 4,611 |
| Texas | #887 | 32 | 1 in 5,208 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Amara
- 23 spots since 2024 (#121 → #98)
- 44 spots since 2020 (#142 → #98)
- 361 spots since 2015 (#459 → #98)
- Biggest jump: 237 spots in 2000 (#1,033 → #796)
- Biggest drop: 74 spots in 2001 (#796 → #870)
- Debuted 1961
- Peaked 2025 at #98 (2,630 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 1 yr · 2025
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 2000–2025
- Highest: 1 in 611 girls born in 2025 were named Amara (0.16%)
- 45.2% of all girls named Amara (13,101) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30 | #4,418 (1969) | #5,544 |
| 1970s | 214 | #2,556 (1974) | #3,375 |
| 1980s | 523 | #1,748 (1987) | #2,156 |
| 1990s | 1,402 | #1,033 (1999) | #1,272 |
| 2000s | 4,294 | #571 (2005) | #660 |
| 2010s | 9,418 | #140 (2019) | #420 |
| 2020s | 13,101 | #98 (2025) | #128 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Amara in 2009
Top girls' names in 2009
Top boys' names in 2009
More about 2009
girls
1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 3,560 of them was named Amara, which outranked 97.1% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 330,596 of them was named Amara, which outranked 24.4% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #9,864Zyreon7
- #9,864Zyshawn7
- #9,864Zytavious7
- #10,994Amara6
- #10,994Aaban6
- #10,994Aareon6
- #10,994Aasir6
- #12,491Aadesh5
- #12,491Aadhav5
- #12,491Aadrian5
Tied with 1,496 names at #10,994; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.