Amara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-MAR-a
- Origin
- Igbo
- UK rank, 2025
- #113 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #98 for girls
Amara is a girls' name of Igbo origin, meaning “grace”. In 2025 it ranked 113th for girls in the UK (467 babies) and 98th for girls in the US (2,630 babies).
What does Amara mean?
Igbo: also linked to Sanskrit amara, 'immortal'
“grace”
In Igbo amara means grace, as in Amarachi, 'God's grace'.
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Is Amara a girl's or a boy's name?
Amara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 467 girls in the UK and 2,630 girls and 9 boys in the US.
How popular is Amara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 113th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 467 about 1 in 600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.3% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 467 girls in the UK were named Amara, making it the 113th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 169th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Amara of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Amara in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 519 girls in the UK were given Amara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #119.
- Amara 467
- Amarah 52
Among girls in 2025, it was 103rd in England and Wales and 211th in Scotland.
Amara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 467 | #113 |
| 2024 | 460 | #120 |
| 2023 | 430 | #131 |
| 2022 | 349 | #159 |
| 2021 | 313 | #183 |
| 2020 | 332 | #169 |
| 2019 | 323 | #177 |
| 2018 | 295 | #197 |
| 2017 | 258 | #219 |
| 2016 | 248 | #233 |
| 2015 | 188 | #288 |
| 2014 | 165 | #311 |
| 2013 | 143 | #356 |
| 2012 | 158 | #339 |
| 2011 | 130 | #390 |
| 2010 | 113 | #427 |
| 2009 | 110 | #433 |
| 2008 | 95 | #479 |
| 2007 | 91 | #479 |
| 2006 | 71 | #556 |
| 2005 | 67 | #547 |
| 2004 | 58 | #586 |
| 2003 | 44 | #699 |
| 2002 | 43 | #676 |
| 2001 | 29 | #871 |
| 2000 | 35 | #750 |
| 1999 | 29 | #837 |
| 1998 | 28 | #866 |
| 1997 | 35 | #758 |
| 1996 | 36 | #709 |
How popular is Amara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 98th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 2,630 about 1 in 610 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.3% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 2,630 girls in the US were named Amara, making it the 98th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 142nd. It first appears in the records in 1961. 9 boys were also named Amara in 2025 (8,239th for boys).
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most girls named Amara of any year since it first appeared, in 1961.
Half of all the girls named Amara in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,860 girls in the US were given Amara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #114.
Amara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,630 | #98 |
| 2024 | 2,296 | #121 |
| 2023 | 2,282 | #123 |
| 2022 | 2,049 | #141 |
| 2021 | 1,924 | #142 |
| 2020 | 1,920 | #142 |
| 2019 | 1,998 | #140 |
| 2018 | 1,588 | #189 |
| 2017 | 1,500 | #206 |
| 2016 | 1,085 | #301 |
| 2015 | 691 | #459 |
| 2014 | 607 | #511 |
| 2013 | 497 | #578 |
| 2012 | 514 | #571 |
| 2011 | 491 | #587 |
| 2010 | 447 | #654 |
| 2009 | 516 | #586 |
| 2008 | 535 | #576 |
| 2007 | 522 | #577 |
| 2006 | 511 | #573 |
| 2005 | 501 | #571 |
| 2004 | 456 | #607 |
| 2003 | 406 | #652 |
| 2002 | 297 | #790 |
| 2001 | 263 | #870 |
| 2000 | 287 | #796 |
| 1999 | 197 | #1,031 |
| 1998 | 180 | #1,077 |
| 1997 | 169 | #1,109 |
| 1996 | 146 | #1,213 |
| 1995 | 139 | #1,226 |
| 1994 | 115 | #1,397 |
| 1993 | 103 | #1,516 |
| 1992 | 114 | #1,419 |
| 1991 | 108 | #1,459 |
| 1990 | 131 | #1,249 |
| 1989 | 77 | #1,746 |
| 1988 | 66 | #1,859 |
| 1987 | 68 | #1,747 |
| 1986 | 61 | #1,837 |
| 1985 | 62 | #1,808 |
| 1984 | 36 | #2,573 |
| 1983 | 46 | #2,134 |
| 1982 | 38 | #2,492 |
| 1981 | 38 | #2,488 |
| 1980 | 31 | #2,866 |
| 1979 | 30 | #2,860 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,679 |
| 1977 | 27 | #2,908 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,286 |
| 1975 | 26 | #2,811 |
| 1974 | 29 | #2,556 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,154 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,543 |
| 1971 | 19 | #3,373 |
| 1970 | 17 | #3,576 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
Names like Amara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira, Safa, Amaya, Khadija, Anaya, Ayla, Aaliyah, Aisha, Raya, Ayra, Ayah, Zainab
Other spellings of Amara
Names related to Amara
Amari, Amyra, Amayra, Amora, Amaira, Ammarah, Amar, Amariah, Amaria
More Igbo names
Munachimso, Chimamanda, Jidenna, Kamsiyochukwu, Chizaram, Amarachi, Tobechukwu, Obi, Mazi, Adanna, Adaeze, Chidera, Chidubem, Ifechukwu, Chisom, Tobenna
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Amara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amara, updated 20 October 2026.