Amara
Rank in 2025
#98
recorded as girls
#8243
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
2,639
girls 2,630 · boys 9
Peak year
2025
2,630 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
29,279
since 1961
Born an Amara? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Amara was most popular in 2025, when 2,630 babies recorded as girls got the name (1.6 per 1,000). In 2025, 2,630 babies were named Amara, ranking #98 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 35%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,630 | 98 | 9 | 8243 |
| 2024 | 2,296 | 121 | 12 | 6832 |
| 2023 | 2,282 | 123 | 17 | 5470 |
| 2022 | 2,049 | 141 | 13 | 6479 |
| 2021 | 1,924 | 142 | 11 | 7089 |
| 2020 | 1,920 | 142 | 8 | 8739 |
| 2019 | 1,998 | 140 | 11 | 7173 |
| 2018 | 1,588 | 189 | 15 | 5770 |
| 2017 | 1,500 | 206 | 10 | 7546 |
| 2016 | 1,085 | 301 | 11 | 7157 |
| 2015 | 691 | 459 | 15 | 5746 |
| 2014 | 607 | 511 | 10 | 7562 |
| 2013 | 497 | 578 | 11 | 7026 |
| 2012 | 514 | 571 | 7 | 9709 |
| 2011 | 491 | 587 | 8 | 8767 |
| 2010 | 447 | 654 | 7 | 9693 |
| 2009 | 516 | 586 | 6 | 10994 |
| 2008 | 535 | 576 | 8 | 9019 |
| 2007 | 522 | 577 | 13 | 6262 |
| 2006 | 511 | 573 | 6 | 10662 |
| 2005 | 501 | 571 | 11 | 6634 |
| 2004 | 456 | 607 | 9 | 7536 |
| 2003 | 406 | 652 | 7 | 8643 |
| 2002 | 297 | 790 | 12 | 5725 |
| 2001 | 263 | 870 | 8 | 7536 |
| 2000 | 287 | 796 | 7 | 8209 |
| 1999 | 197 | 1033 | 6 | 8704 |
| 1998 | 180 | 1078 | 11 | 5466 |
| 1997 | 169 | 1110 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 146 | 1215 | 5 | 9015 |
| 1995 | 139 | 1229 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 115 | 1400 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 103 | 1518 | 6 | 7638 |
| 1992 | 114 | 1422 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 108 | 1463 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 131 | 1253 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 77 | 1750 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 66 | 1863 | 7 | 5751 |
| 1987 | 68 | 1748 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 61 | 1838 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 62 | 1809 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 36 | 2574 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 46 | 2135 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 38 | 2492 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 38 | 2488 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 31 | 2866 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 30 | 2860 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 14 | 4679 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 27 | 2909 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 21 | 3287 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 26 | 2811 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 29 | 2556 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 14 | 4155 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 17 | 3543 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 19 | 3373 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 17 | 3577 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 11 | 4418 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 8 | 5147 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 6 | 6042 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1963 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 5 | 6567 | <5 | — |
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Where Amara is most popular
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- New Mexico2.3×
- South Dakota1.8×
- District of Columbia1.7×
- West Virginia1.6×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 99% · boys 1% across all years