Ameka
#21,930 most common girls' name of all time · #35,760 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1973–1993
Rank among girls
#21,930
Rank overall
#35,760 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
15 of 146
All-time
136
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1978 #4,227
Best rank
#4,227 1978
Girls
Boys
peak 17/yr
Ameka first appears in 1973. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,272 |
| 1991 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,201 |
| 1989 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,258 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,886 |
| 1984 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,895 |
| 1983 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,746 |
| 1982 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,845 |
| 1980 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,235 |
| 1979 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,081 |
| 1978 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,227 |
| 1977 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,406 |
| 1976 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,008 |
| 1975 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,488 |
| 1974 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,346 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,468 |