Girls' name · peaked in 2025
Amara name popularity since 1925
29,279 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Amara (99.0% girls, 1.0% boys). Half of them were born in 2019 or earlier, so the typical Amara is about 7 years old in 2026. Amara peaked in 2025 as the #98 name for girls, and it ranked #98 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 29,279
- Named Amara, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #98
- for girls in 2025 (2,630 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.0% girls
- 28,982 girls · 297 boys
- Most popular in
- Arizona
- 1.99× its national share
Peak year is the year Amara made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Amara births per year, 1925–2025
2025 was the biggest year for Amara both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2014 and 2019, Amara became 3.5× more common, from 1 in 2,940 baby girls to 1 in 840.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Amara's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Amara.
Decade by decade
Babies named Amara in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 30 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 214 | 0 | #2,812 |
| 1980s | 523 | 7 | #1,810 |
| 1990s | 1,402 | 28 | #1,230 |
| 2000s | 4,294 | 87 | #571 |
| 2010s | 9,418 | 105 | #459 |
| 2020–25 | 13,101 | 70 | #98 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
72.5% of babies named Amara from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Amara is most popular
The index compares Amara's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Amara.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 1.99× | 705 |
| Florida | 1.76× | 1,741 |
| Washington | 1.62× | 740 |
| Colorado | 1.52× | 515 |
| Oregon | 1.46× | 375 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Amara and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Amara (this page) | 28,982 | 2025 |
| Amira | 25,609 | 2025 |
| Amora | 9,416 | 2025 |
| Amyra | 2,935 | 2024 |
| Amarah | 2,641 | 2019 |
| Amera | 1,123 | 2019 |
| Amaira | 1,035 | 2022 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Amara's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Amara.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Amara (2025).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data