NameTides

Amara

Amara was the #98 girls' name in the US in 2025 (2,630 babies), and #103 in England & Wales and #83 in Canada.

Amara as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Amara as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUSScotlandIreland
Amara as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#98 (2,630)#103 (449)#211 (18)—#443 (8)#83 (291)#76 (96)#99 (66)
2024#121 (2,296)#118 (414)#113 (39)#227 (7)#504 (7)#104 (246)#82 (87)—
2023#123 (2,282)#124 (402)#185 (22)#264 (6)#404 (9)#114 (222)#68 (98)—
2022#141 (2,049)#155 (316)#163 (26)#243 (7)#420 (9)#148 (184)——
2021#142 (1,924)#173 (293)#245 (16)#350 (4)#883 (3)#148 (194)——
2020#142 (1,920)#160 (314)#241 (15)#397 (3)—#154 (173)——
2019#140 (1,998)#162 (310)#343 (10)#424 (3)#551 (6)#172 (162)——
2018#189 (1,588)#185 (283)#301 (12)—#734 (4)#183 (160)——
2017#206 (1,500)#212 (243)#304 (12)#432 (3)#579 (6)#203 (149)——
2016#301 (1,085)#224 (233)#336 (11)#353 (4)#661 (5)#300 (111)——
2015#459 (691)#278 (177)#340 (11)——#559 (54)——
2014#511 (607)#295 (160)#603 (5)—#536 (7)#629 (48)——
2013#578 (497)#329 (140)#816 (3)—#660 (5)#676 (42)——
2012#571 (514)#317 (153)#580 (5)—#907 (3)#582 (50)——
2011#587 (491)#372 (126)#674 (4)—#937 (3)#625 (46)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #98.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1961.

How common is it?

about 1 in 610 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 610common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 560common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 990common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 510common

Next year

On its recent trend, Amara is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 580 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 540 to 1 in 620.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Amara by state, 2025Alaska: #134AKMaine: #153MEWisconsin: #142WIVermont: #75VTNew Hampshire: #95NHWashington: #95WAIdaho: #244IDMontana: #79MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #138MNIllinois: #95ILMichigan: #122MINew York: #123NYMassachusetts: #124MAOregon: #74ORNevada: #92NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #139SDIowa: #159IAIndiana: #87INOhio: #119OHPennsylvania: #120PANew Jersey: #129NJConnecticut: #102CTRhode Island: #120RICalifornia: #92CAUtah: #88UTColorado: #79CONebraska: #169NEMissouri: #113MOKentucky: #93KYWest Virginia: #83WVVirginia: #200VAMaryland: #120MDDelaware: #167DEArizona: #82AZNew Mexico: #31NMKansas: #112KSArkansas: #106ARTennessee: #145TNNorth Carolina: #139NCSouth Carolina: #114SCDistrict of Columbia: #73DCOklahoma: #91OKLouisiana: #152LAMississippi: #124MSAlabama: #151ALGeorgia: #95GAHawaii: #78HITexas: #92TXFlorida: #76FL
Amara (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#73126
Quebec2025#27920

Amara (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AmaraCanadaGirls#83291
AmaraCanadaBoys—too few
AmaraEngland & WalesGirls#103449
AmaraEngland & WalesBoys—too few
AmaraIrelandGirls#4438
AmaraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AmaraNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AmaraNSWGirls#7696
AmaraScotlandGirls#21118
AmaraUSGirls#982,630
AmaraUSBoys#8,2439
AmaraVICGirls#9966