NameTides

Amarah

Amarah was the #1,186 girls' name in the US in 2025 (195 babies), and #705 in England & Wales and #916 in Canada.

Amarah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Canada
Amarah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Amarah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandCanada
2025#1,186 (195)#705 (52)——#916 (30)
2024#1,341 (170)#558 (70)#638 (4)—#1,077 (24)
2023#1,548 (137)#677 (53)#749 (3)—#868 (31)
2022#1,463 (151)#910 (38)——#1,550 (14)
2021#1,379 (159)#884 (40)——#925 (30)
2020#1,334 (165)#872 (41)——#942 (28)
2019#1,161 (206)#980 (36)#765 (3)—#922 (29)
2018#1,299 (175)#952 (38)——#1,089 (23)
2017#1,400 (164)#982 (37)#808 (3)#432 (3)#1,023 (25)
2016#1,693 (126)#1,472 (22)——#1,191 (21)
2015#2,113 (91)#1,057 (33)#806 (3)—#1,499 (15)
2014#2,194 (86)#1,040 (34)——#2,905 (6)
2013#2,408 (75)#1,018 (35)——#2,376 (8)
2012#2,770 (63)#1,210 (27)———
2011#2,868 (60)#1,665 (17)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #1,161.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1989.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,300 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 8,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Amarah is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,800 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Amarah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #787MINew York: #1,312NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #815INOhio: #959OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,651CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #811MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,057NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,358GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,532TXFlorida: #617FL
Amarah (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#1,01811

Amarah (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
AmarahCanadaGirls#91630
AmarahEngland & WalesGirls#70552
AmarahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AmarahScotlandGirls—too few
AmarahUSGirls#1,186195