Spellings
Amara or Amarah?
In the US in 2025, 93% of babies in this name family were spelled Amara and 7% Amarah. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Amara already led in 2015, with 88% of the family's births; it has 93% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 782 to 2,825 births (×4).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amara | 691 | 2,630 | ×4 |
| Amarah | 91 | 195 | ×2 |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /əˈmɑrə/ (uh-MAR-uh). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Amara 105 births (#461 among girls) and Amarah 10 births.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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