Amara
#842 most common girls' name of all time · #1,524 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1961–2025
Rank among girls
#842
Rank overall
#1,524 of 105,966
First appeared
1961
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
29,279
Since 2016
19,389
Peak year
2025 #98
Best rank
#98 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 2,639/yr
Amara first appears in 1961. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,630 | 9 | 2,639 | #98 |
| 2024 | 2,296 | 12 | 2,308 | #121 |
| 2023 | 2,282 | 17 | 2,299 | #123 |
| 2022 | 2,049 | 13 | 2,062 | #141 |
| 2021 | 1,924 | 11 | 1,935 | #142 |
| 2020 | 1,920 | 8 | 1,928 | #142 |
| 2019 | 1,998 | 11 | 2,009 | #140 |
| 2018 | 1,588 | 15 | 1,603 | #189 |
| 2017 | 1,500 | 10 | 1,510 | #206 |
| 2016 | 1,085 | 11 | 1,096 | #301 |
| 2015 | 691 | 15 | 706 | #460 |
| 2014 | 607 | 10 | 617 | #511 |
| 2013 | 497 | 11 | 508 | #578 |
| 2012 | 514 | 7 | 521 | #571 |
| 2011 | 491 | 8 | 499 | #589 |
| 2010 | 447 | 7 | 454 | #654 |
| 2009 | 516 | 6 | 522 | #586 |
| 2008 | 535 | 8 | 543 | #576 |
| 2007 | 522 | 13 | 535 | #577 |
| 2006 | 511 | 6 | 517 | #573 |
| 2005 | 501 | 11 | 512 | #573 |
| 2004 | 456 | 9 | 465 | #607 |
| 2003 | 406 | 7 | 413 | #653 |
| 2002 | 297 | 12 | 309 | #790 |
| 2001 | 263 | 8 | 271 | #872 |
| 2000 | 287 | 7 | 294 | #796 |
| 1999 | 197 | 6 | 203 | #1,034 |
| 1998 | 180 | 11 | 191 | #1,079 |
| 1997 | 169 | — | 169 | #1,116 |
| 1996 | 146 | 5 | 151 | #1,217 |
| 1995 | 139 | — | 139 | #1,232 |
| 1994 | 115 | — | 115 | #1,404 |
| 1993 | 103 | 6 | 109 | #1,528 |
| 1992 | 114 | — | 114 | #1,426 |
| 1991 | 108 | — | 108 | #1,473 |
| 1990 | 131 | — | 131 | #1,256 |
| 1989 | 77 | — | 77 | #1,761 |
| 1988 | 66 | 7 | 73 | #1,884 |
| 1987 | 68 | — | 68 | #1,754 |
| 1986 | 61 | — | 61 | #1,857 |
| 1985 | 62 | — | 62 | #1,827 |
| 1984 | 36 | — | 36 | #2,600 |
| 1983 | 46 | — | 46 | #2,149 |
| 1982 | 38 | — | 38 | #2,515 |
| 1981 | 38 | — | 38 | #2,517 |
| 1980 | 31 | — | 31 | #2,914 |
| 1979 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,908 |
| 1978 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,828 |
| 1977 | 27 | — | 27 | #2,971 |
| 1976 | 21 | — | 21 | #3,372 |
| 1975 | 26 | — | 26 | #2,858 |
| 1974 | 29 | — | 29 | #2,608 |
| 1973 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,302 |
| 1972 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,683 |
| 1971 | 19 | — | 19 | #3,489 |
| 1970 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,693 |
| 1969 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,664 |
| 1968 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,525 |
| 1967 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,592 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,355 |