Amarah
Recorded 1989–2025 · United States
Amarah was most popular in 2019, when 206 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,166 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,251, with 195 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,641 people named Amarah.
Amarah over time
How old is the name Amarah?
Amarah first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1989, which makes it about 36 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 36 of the 37 years since.
How many people are named Amarah?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,641 American births named Amarah between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,622 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Amarah in 2025?
195 American babies were named Amarah in 2025, ranking #2,251 that year.
Is Amarah getting more or less popular?
Amarah is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 162 births a year, against 75 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +117% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Amarah a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Amarah is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,641 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Amarah?
Roughly 2,622 Americans named Amarah are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 8 years old, and half are between 5 and 15. That is a narrow band because Amarah is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Amarah is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org