Amirah
#490 for girls in 2025, 603 births
- Peak · girls
- 2023 · 673 births
- Debut · girls
- 13 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,863since 1976
Amirah over time
Rank among girls' names. Amirah has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #490 | 603 |
| 2024 | #463 | 678 |
| 2023 | #458 | 673 |
| 2022 | #576 | 519 |
| 2021 | #611 | 488 |
| 2020 | #545 | 551 |
| 2019 | #611 | 493 |
| 2018 | #721 | 393 |
| 2017 | #661 | 450 |
| 2016 | #711 | 401 |
| 2015 | #670 | 427 |
| 2014 | #666 | 428 |
| 2013 | #810 | 333 |
| 2012 | #733 | 378 |
| 2011 | #784 | 346 |
| 2010 | #819 | 328 |
| 2009 | #824 | 342 |
| 2008 | #770 | 381 |
| 2007 | #1,018 | 260 |
| 2006 | #970 | 270 |
| 2005 | #1,102 | 216 |
| 2004 | #1,114 | 205 |
| 2003 | #1,051 | 217 |
| 2002 | #1,363 | 142 |
| 2001 | #1,573 | 118 |
| 2000 | #1,425 | 129 |
| 1999 | #1,678 | 98 |
| 1998 | #1,636 | 99 |
| 1997 | #1,585 | 101 |
| 1996 | #1,702 | 89 |
| 1995 | #2,155 | 62 |
| 1994 | #2,059 | 67 |
| 1993 | #1,776 | 82 |
| 1992 | #2,612 | 47 |
| 1991 | #2,420 | 52 |
| 1990 | #2,437 | 50 |
| 1989 | #3,045 | 35 |
| 1988 | #2,295 | 48 |
| 1987 | #3,101 | 30 |
| 1986 | #2,973 | 31 |
| 1985 | #3,008 | 30 |
| 1984 | #3,144 | 27 |
| 1983 | #3,242 | 25 |
| 1982 | #3,093 | 28 |
| 1981 | #3,066 | 28 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Amirah! It came in at #4,614, and was given to 13 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1976–1980, when fewer than 15 girls a year got the name.
Where Amirah is popular in 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#280 · 1 in 1,205
- Ohio#408 · 1 in 2,063
- New York#417 · 1 in 2,097
- Virginia#424 · 1 in 2,021
- Georgia#443 · 1 in 2,057
Best ever in a state: #101 in District of Columbia, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #280 | 20 | 1 in 1,205 |
| Ohio | #408 | 25 | 1 in 2,063 |
| New York | #417 | 44 | 1 in 2,097 |
| Virginia | #424 | 18 | 1 in 2,021 |
| Georgia | #443 | 23 | 1 in 2,057 |
| Pennsylvania | #498 | 21 | 1 in 2,512 |
| Indiana | #501 | 13 | 1 in 2,310 |
| Florida | #534 | 28 | 1 in 2,844 |
| Wisconsin | #585 | 8 | 1 in 2,881 |
| New Jersey | #595 | 12 | 1 in 3,043 |
| Michigan | #605 | 13 | 1 in 3,167 |
| Alabama | #635 | 6 | 1 in 3,078 |
| Minnesota | #669 | 7 | 1 in 3,432 |
| North Carolina | #756 | 11 | 1 in 3,996 |
| California | #903 | 37 | 1 in 5,651 |
| Illinois | #918 | 11 | 1 in 5,341 |
| Tennessee | #1,053 | 5 | 1 in 5,974 |
| Texas | #1,123 | 22 | 1 in 7,196 |
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See more about Amirah
- 27 spots since 2024 (#463 → #490)
- 55 spots since 2020 (#545 → #490)
- 180 spots since 2015 (#670 → #490)
- Biggest jump: 248 spots in 2008 (#1,018 → #770)
- Biggest drop: 77 spots in 2013 (#733 → #810)
- Debuted 1976
- Peaked 2023 at #458 (673 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 2008–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,384 girls born in 2023 were named Amirah (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,665 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
- 36.6% of all girls named Amirah (3,977) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 51 | #4,614 (1976) | #4,979 |
| 1980s | 296 | #2,295 (1988) | #3,195 |
| 1990s | 747 | #1,585 (1997) | #2,006 |
| 2000s | 2,280 | #770 (2008) | #1,121 |
| 2010s | 3,977 | #611 (2019) | #719 |
| 2020s | 3,512 | #458 (2023) | #524 |
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.
Amirah in 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 4,659 of them was named Amirah, which outranked 96.2% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #730Ayleen379
- #730Clare379
- #730Emilie379
- #733Amirah378
- #733Adley378
- #733Aryana378
- #733Lorelai378
- #738Kailee377
- #738Karsyn377
- #740Celia376
Tied with 4 names at #733; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.