Amara Girl
How popular is Amara?
#98 girl name in 2025
2,630 baby girls were named Amara in the US in 2025, making it the 98th most popular girl name. Another 9 boys got the name (#8,239 for boys).
Amara popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #98 for girls (▲ 23 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 2,630 girls, 9 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+281% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #459 in 2015, #142 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (2,630 girls) |
| Highest rank | #98 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1961 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 1% boys, 99% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Amara counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Amara family of names ranked #114 for girls in 2025 (#133 the year before), with 2,897 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Amara | 2,630 | 91% |
| Amarah | 195 | 7% |
| Amarra | 21 | 1% |
| Ammara | 10 | 0% |
| Amarrah | 9 | 0% |
| Aymara | 6 | 0% |
| Aimara | 11 | 0% |
| Ammarah | 10 | 0% |
| Aamara | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Amara is most popular
Babies named Amara per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 5.0 per 1,000 (57 girls)
- New Mexico: 4.6 per 1,000 (113 girls)
- District of Columbia: 3.3 per 1,000 (39 girls)
- Alaska: 2.9 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- Rhode Island: 2.8 per 1,000 (35 girls)
Amara by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30 | #4,417 |
| 1970s | 214 | #2,556 |
| 1980s | 523 | #1,746 |
| 1990s | 1,402 | #1,031 |
| 2000s | 4,294 | #571 |
| 2010s | 9,418 | #140 |
| 2020s | 13,101 | #98 |
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Questions
- Is Amara a boy or girl name?
- Amara is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Amara were girls.
- How popular is the name Amara?
- 2,630 baby girls were named Amara in the US in 2025, making it the 98th most popular girl name. Another 9 boys got the name (#8,239 for boys).
- When was Amara most popular?
- Amara peaked in 2025, when 2,630 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #98 in 2025.
- How many people are named Amara?
- 29,279 babies have been named Amara in the US since 1880. We estimate about 29,109 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Amara most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Amara was most common in Hawaii, at 5.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.