girls:
2.3k births since 1989
#3621 (37th percentile)
overall:
2.3k births since 1989
#5529 (29th percentile)
The name Amarah is the #5,529 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,273 recorded births since 1989. This represents the 28.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 28.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,621 (36.6% percentile) for all time with 2,273 births since 1989.
Amarah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1989 (first recorded for girls in 1989). Birth data for Amarah is available in 34 out of the 35 years between 1989 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Amarah reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 21.3% percentile (ranked #744) with 112 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 112 births per million (ranked 21.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Amarah ranks #815 for girls (14.0% percentile) with 78 births per million, which is 69.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Amarah".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Amarah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 55.3% confident that Amarah is pronounced as uh-MAH-ruh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ah-MAH-ruh, at 14.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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