first name
AMARA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 15,327 people named Amara, 34.5% reported their origin as White, 24.7% as Black and 18.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 96.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Amara peaked in 2025, when 2,639 babies got the name.
At least 29,279 babies have been given the name since 1961. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Amara by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #312. The largest share of babies named Amara, 72.5%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Amara is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Amara has been most common in Nevada (2.6×), Arizona (2.1×), and New Mexico (2×), and least common in Mississippi (0.38×).
27,076 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Amara
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Amara, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Amara ranks #22,806 of 156,621, with 1,153 people. See Amara as a last name
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