Girl's name
Amara
Say it uh-MAR-uh
A modern coinage eternal
3 syllables
Where Amara is loved, common and rare
Common across Ontario, British Columbia, Berlin and four more places. Rare in Britain, four other German cities, Switzerland and nine more places.
1 in 564 girls born in England and Wales in 2025
Ontario 73rdBritish Columbia 78thBerlin 97th
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Every place
In 23 of the 40 official lists, among them Ontario (73rd), British Columbia (78th) and Berlin (97th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ontario province | 73rd 2024 | 126 | about 1 in 432 |
| New South Wales state | 76th 2025 | 96 | rank only |
| South Australia state | 77th 2025 | 21 | rank only |
| British Columbia province | 78th 2023 | 34 | about 1 in 352 |
| Berlin city | 97th 2023 | 33 | about 1 in 440 |
| Victoria state | 99th 2025 | 66 | rank only |
| England and Wales | 103rd 2025 | 449 | 1 in 564 |
| Munich city | 107th 2025 | 12 | about 1 in 349 |
| Switzerland | 111th 2025 | 62 | 1 in 548 |
| Catalonia region | 199th 2025 | 20 | 1 in 964 |
| The Netherlands | 207th 2025 | 71 | about 1 in 859 |
| Scotland | 211th 2025 | 18 | 1 in 994 |
| Cologne city | 217th 2023 | 5 | about 1 in 1,229 |
| Austria | 235th 2025 | 25 | 1 in 1,429 |
| Quebec province | 280th 2025 | 20 | about 1 in 1,300 |
| Sweden | 296th 2025 | 25 | about 1 in 1,607 |
| Poland | 427th 2025 | 6 | 1 in 19,965 |
| Ireland | 443rd 2025 | 8 | 1 in 2,641 |
| France | 461st 2025 | 105 | 1 in 2,731 |
| Italy | 736th 2024 | 14 | 1 in 12,798 |
| Rostock city | 92nd 2025 | 2 | about 1 in 492 |
| Bonn city | 119th 2025 | 5 | about 1 in 603 |
| Leipzig city | 344th 2025 | 1 | about 1 in 2,624 |
Rare, below the listed names: Northern Ireland, Queensland, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Hungary, Slovenia and Israel.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Sources: Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages (Data.NSW) (New South Wales); SA Attorney-General's Department, Births, Deaths and Marriages (data.sa.gov.au) (South Australia); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Registry of BDM Victoria (DataVic) (Victoria); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya) (Catalonia); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock (opendata-hro.de) (Rostock); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig). How we count, and every source
About the name
Amara is a modern coinage, given the meaning 'eternal'. It does not come with a documented etymology, so it is best understood as a newer name that has become established rather than an ancient one.
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Three syllables, said uh-MAR-uh, with the stress in the middle. Ama is an obvious short form. Relatives and similar names include Amari, Amora and Amaria.
It is one of the clearest risers in the data, climbing in nearly every one of the twenty-odd regions where it appears. It sits inside the top 80 in Ontario, New South Wales and South Australia, and is used in Switzerland, Catalonia and the Netherlands as well. Canadian records show it peaking in 2024, so this is very much a name of the current generation.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- uh-MAR-uh, 3 syllables
- Meaning
eternal
- Origin
- Newly coined
- Other spellings
- Amaria
- Amora
- Amarilda
- Amari
- Ama
- Amarilla
Over time
Over five years: rising in 18 of 18 regions, falling in none.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 224 | 212 | 185 | 162 | 160 | 173 | 155 | 124 | 118 | 103 |
| Scotland | 336 | 304 | 301 | 343 | 241 | 245 | 163 | 185 | 113 | 211 |
| Northern Ireland | 353 | 432 | 424 | 397 | 350 | 243 | 264 | 227 | ||
| Ireland | 661 | 579 | 734 | 551 | 883 | 420 | 404 | 504 | 443 | |
| Ontario | 299 | 198 | 165 | 135 | 134 | 119 | 124 | 100 | 73 | |
| British Columbia | 137 | 151 | 158 | 170 | 94 | 109 | 99 | 78 | ||
| New South Wales | 68 | 82 | 76 | |||||||
| Victoria | 99 | |||||||||
| Queensland | 98 | |||||||||
| South Australia | 150 | 223 | 95 | 77 | ||||||
| New Zealand | 95 | 98 | 88 | |||||||
| Quebec | 707 | 601 | 646 | 720 | 703 | 576 | 384 | 376 | 280 | |
| France | 2023 | 2024 | 2516 | 1227 | 989 | 1221 | 981 | 745 | 524 | 461 |
| The Netherlands | 522 | 465 | 429 | 391 | 379 | 374 | 281 | 258 | 207 | |
| Austria | 666 | 669 | 485 | 503 | 482 | 425 | 233 | 275 | 210 | 235 |
| Switzerland | 471 | 822 | 297 | 270 | 252 | 282 | 231 | 175 | 134 | 111 |
| Berlin | 416 | 345 | 309 | 323 | 320 | 227 | 246 | 97 | ||
| Munich | 180 | 148 | 107 | |||||||
| Cologne | 370 | 249 | 598 | 332 | 160 | 223 | 97 | 217 | ||
| Bonn | 314 | 168 | 357 | 155 | 48 | 96 | 76 | 119 | ||
| Leipzig | 375 | 411 | 378 | 406 | 201 | 157 | 215 | 143 | 344 | |
| Rostock | 228 | 199 | 197 | 122 | 92 | |||||
| Sweden | 874 | 717 | 650 | 296 | ||||||
| Catalonia | 317 | 373 | 246 | 323 | 412 | 218 | 178 | 220 | 251 | 199 |
| Italy | 957 | 617 | 736 | |||||||
| Poland | 711 | 454 | 616 | 523 | 427 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 103 | 449 | 177.3 |
| 2024 | 118 | 414 | 160.5 |
| 2023 | 124 | 402 | 156.7 |
| 2022 | 155 | 316 | 119.9 |
| 2021 | 173 | 293 | 106.9 |
| 2020 | 160 | 314 | 117.0 |
| 2019 | 162 | 310 | 110.7 |
| 2018 | 185 | 283 | 98.2 |
| 2017 | 212 | 243 | 81.2 |
| 2016 | 224 | 233 | 75.9 |
| 2015 | 278 | 177 | 57.5 |
| 2014 | 295 | 160 | 52.2 |
| 2013 | 329 | 140 | 45.4 |
| 2012 | 317 | 153 | 47.5 |
| 2011 | 372 | 126 | 39.2 |
| 2010 | 409 | 107 | 33.3 |
| 2009 | 394 | 107 | 34.1 |
| 2008 | 452 | 94 | 29.8 |
| 2007 | 454 | 89 | 29.1 |
| 2006 | 526 | 69 | 23.1 |
| 2005 | 538 | 63 | 21.9 |
| 2004 | 551 | 57 | 19.9 |
| 2003 | 653 | 44 | 15.8 |
| 2002 | 643 | 42 | 15.7 |
| 2001 | 816 | 29 | 10.8 |
| 2000 | 712 | 33 | 12.1 |
| 1999 | 780 | 29 | 10.3 |
| 1998 | 817 | 27 | 9.3 |
| 1997 | 721 | 33 | 11.3 |
| 1996 | 661 | 36 | 12.2 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
Ontario and British Columbia since 1925
Half of the babies named Amara in Ontario and British Columbia since 1925 were born in or after 2019. First recorded in 1991. Her peak year there: 2024, at 231.3 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Amara per 100,000 girls born in Ontario and British Columbia, by five-year period. Her 2024 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (1917-2024), OGL-Ontario; BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (1924-2023), OGL-BC.
Sister names for Amara
1 in 1,625 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Amara.
1 in 636 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Amara. Same first letter as Amara.
1 in 688 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Amara. Same first letter as Amara.
1 in 280 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Amara.
1 in 924 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Amara.
1 in 587 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Amara.
1 in 473 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Amara. Same first letter as Amara.
1 in 320 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Amara.
1 in 1,041 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Amara.
1 in 852 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Amara. Same first letter as Amara.
Similar forms, not dealt separately: Arianna.
Middle names for Amara
1 in 107 in Northern Ireland
Amara Charlotte
3-2 beats · initials AC
Changes the beat after Amara: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 86 in Ireland
Amara Sophie
3-2 beats · initials AS
Changes the beat after Amara: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Amara Grace
3-1 beats · initials AG
Changes the beat after Amara: 3 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Amara Olivia
3-4 beats · initials AO · Amara slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Amara: 3 syllables, then 4 syllables. Amara slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 102 in Ireland
Amara Mia
3-2 beats · initials AM
Changes the beat after Amara: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 132 in Northern Ireland
Amara Ruby
3-2 beats · initials AR
Changes the beat after Amara: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Amara Rose
3-1 beats · initials AR
Changes the beat after Amara: 3 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 240 in Ireland
Amara Leah
3-2 beats · initials AL
Changes the beat after Amara: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
Same style as Amara
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 636 in England and Wales
95% alike: moves with Amara across countries and decades.
1 in 473 in England and Wales
93% alike: moves with Amara across countries and decades.
1 in 1,041 in Northern Ireland
92% alike: moves with Amara across countries and decades.
1 in 716 in Scotland
92% alike: moves with Amara across countries and decades.
1 in 1,041 in Northern Ireland
91% alike: moves with Amara across countries and decades.
1 in 1,193 in Scotland
91% alike: moves with Amara across countries and decades.
1 in 138 in Scotland
91% alike: moves with Amara across countries and decades.
1 in 587 in Ireland
91% alike: moves with Amara across countries and decades.
Questions about Amara
5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Amara?
Her best rank is No. 73 in Ontario in 2024, about 1 in 432 girls. She is in the published lists of 23 of our 40 regions.
What does Amara mean?
Wiktionary glosses Amara as "eternal".
How do you pronounce Amara?
uh-MAR-uh, with 3 syllables.
Is Amara getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 18 of 18 regions, falling in none.
Which sister names go with Amara?
The deck's top five sisters for Amara: Leia, Amaya, Aaliyah, Raya and Noor. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.