Amara

What Amara means

Means “eternal”

A female given name originating as a coinage, of modern usage taken from fantasy fiction; explained, for example, as a Sanskrit word for "eternal".

Source: Wiktionary, “Amara” (revision 89046386), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Amara?

US: Rising: up from #459 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #278 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 2,630 girls got the name (#98 that year). First in the US records in 1961.

How common

• About 1 in 611 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 564 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 994 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (5.56 per 1,000 girls), VT (5.13 per 1,000 girls), DC (4.46 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Amara is #98 in the US and #103 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.7% of US babies named Amara were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Amira2,168 US · 396 E&W
• Amora1,259 US · 50 E&W
• Amari804 US · 65 E&W
• Amirah603 US · 189 E&W
• Amoura570 US · 17 E&W
• Amyra201 US · 72 E&W
• Amiri266 US · 5 E&W
• Amarah195 US · 52 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Amara

Girls

• Kailani#253“sea + sky”^*
• Josephine#53Feminine form of Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Kaylani#185Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,054 in 2015, #185 in 2025
• Emilia#45Variant of Emily, meaning “rival, emulator”^*
• Elena#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #106 in 2015, #42 in 2025. 5 letters, starting with a vowel
• Aurora#15Italian, from Latin Aurōra, meaning “dawn, sunrise”^*

For a brother

• Luka#85Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #85 vs #261 in 2025
• Ezekiel#61“God strengthens”^*
• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*
• Matias#170From Biblical Hebrew, meaning “gift of Yahweh”^*
• Jaziel#198Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #934 in 2015, #198 in 2025
• Adriel#84“flock of God”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Amara’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.