Ameka

Popularity Trends

The name Ameka is the #7,603 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 136 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 1.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,580 (2.3% percentile) for all time with 136 births since 1973.

Ameka first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (first recorded for girls in 1973). Birth data for Ameka is available in 15 out of the 21 years between 1973 and 1993. 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, Ameka reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #744) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1993.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ameka".

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Key Statistics

Total Births

136

Peak Births

Peak Year

1978

First Recorded

1973

Peak Percentile

1.6%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#744

Current Rank

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Female statistics

Names That Sound Similar

These names exclude other spelling variations of Amika. View all variations of Amika.

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Ameka", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 3 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Amika" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Amika..

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Ameka's popularity from 1970 to 1996 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Ameka at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Ameka range from Takisha at 92.7% correlation to Season at 90.5% correlation, with an average correlation level of 91.2%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Tameka with 12.8K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Tekisha with 340 births (100% girls).

Ameka's share of births peaked at 10.3 births per million for girls in 1978. It reached its lowest point of 2.5 births per million (24% of peak) in 1989. In 1993, the most recent period with data, the name Ameka had 2.5 births per million, 25% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Takisha

2,058

92.69% (very strong)

Lakisha

12.3k

91.83% (very strong)

Kanika

1,242

91.62% (very strong)

Temeka

1,419

91.42% (very strong)

Tamikia

367

91.36% (very strong)

Lekesha

671

91.19% (very strong)

Lakesha

8,174

91.05% (very strong)

Lakesia

559

90.94% (very strong)

Akisha

373

90.75% (very strong)

Tekisha

340

90.62% (very strong)

Tameka

12.8k

90.55% (very strong)

Season

1,169

90.52% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Ameka

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Ameka. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 62.9% confident that Ameka is pronounced as uh-MEH-kuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-MEE-kuh, at 28.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.

uh-MEH-kuh

62.9%

uh-MEE-kuh

28.6%

AH-meh-kuh

8.6%

uh-MEH-kuh (3 syllables)

62.9% confidence

AH0 M EH1 K AH0

uh-MEE-kuh (3 syllables)

28.6% confidence

AH0 M IY1 K AH0

AH-meh-kuh (3 syllables)

8.6% confidence

AA1 M EH0 K AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Ameka? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Ameka. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Ameka, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like AH0 M EH1 K AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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