Amarra
Of Latin origin, potentially meaning "bitter" or "loved one".
Name Census estimates that about 440 living Americans carry the first name Amarra. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Amarra today is around 12 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Amarra births was 2021 (32 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Amarra. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
440
~ 1 in 778,987 Americans
Peak year
2021
32 babies that year
Average age
12
years old
2024 SSA rank
#5,952
Tracked since 1992
Census
Amarra in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 290 people with the first name Amarra, which placed it at #30,183 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#30,183
National first-name rank
People counted
290
290 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
32.8% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Amarra
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Amarra is White at 32.8%. The next largest groups are Black (32.8%) and Two or More Races (16.9%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Amarra described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Amarra at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White32.8% · 95
- Black or African American32.8% · 95
- Two or more races16.9% · 49
- Hispanic or Latino14.1% · 41
- Asian and Pacific Islander3.1% · 9
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.3% · 1
Popularity
Amarra: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Amarra from the 1990s through to the 2020s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 194 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Amarra remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Amarra by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Amarra during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Amarras live
The SSA's state-level files cover 3 states and territories. California, Ohio, Texas recorded the most babies named Amarra, while Texas, Ohio, California recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 5 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Amarra
The name Amarra has its origins in the Sanskrit language, tracing its roots back to ancient India. It is believed to have derived from the Sanskrit word "amara," meaning immortal or eternal. The earliest known use of the name can be traced back to the Vedic period, around the 2nd millennium BCE, where it was associated with deities and concepts related to longevity and immortality.
One of the earliest recorded references to the name Amarra can be found in the Rigveda, one of the four canonical sacred texts of Hinduism. In this ancient Hindu scripture, the name is mentioned in hymns and verses praising the gods and goddesses. It was often used as an epithet or honorific title, bestowed upon those deemed worthy of reverence and admiration.
Throughout the centuries, the name Amarra has been borne by several notable figures in Indian history and mythology. One of the earliest recorded examples is Amarra, the daughter of the legendary sage Kashyapa and his wife Aditi, who is revered as the mother of the devas (gods) in Hindu mythology. Amarra is also the name of a powerful asura (demon) mentioned in the Mahabharata, one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India.
In the 6th century CE, Amarra was the name of a renowned Indian mathematician and astronomer who made significant contributions to the field of trigonometry. His works, including the Amarra-Siddhanta and Amarra-Samhita, were widely studied and influential in the development of Indian mathematics and astronomy.
Another notable figure with the name Amarra was a 12th-century Indian philosopher and logician from the Navya-Nyāya school of logic. His treatise, the Amarra-Karika, is considered a seminal work in the field of Indian logic and epistemology.
In the realm of literature, Amarra was the name of a celebrated 16th-century Indian poet and writer from the Deccan region. Her poetic compositions, written in the Marathi language, are renowned for their lyrical beauty and spiritual themes.
While the name Amarra has its roots in ancient India and the Sanskrit language, it has since been adopted and used in various other cultures and regions around the world, albeit with variations in spelling and pronunciation.
People
Amarra + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Amarra as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with A
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Amarra: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Amarra?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 440 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Amarra going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 778,987 US residents.
Is Amarra a common name?
We classify Amarra as "Very Rare". It ranks above 83.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 444 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Amarra most popular?
The single biggest year for Amarra was 2021, when 32 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Amarra is about 12 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Amarra in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 290 people with the name Amarra, or 0.10 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #30,183 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Amarra in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Amarra?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Amarra leans strongly female. 285 people counted with this name were female (98.6%), compared with 4 male bearers (1.4%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Amarra?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Amarra is White at 32.8%. The next largest groups are Black (32.8%) and Two or More Races (16.9%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Amarra most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Amarra in the 2020 Census, accounting for 32.8% (95 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Amarra in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Amarra a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Amarra in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Amarra still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Amarra in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Amarra can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people share the name Amarra?
For a faster, more casual read, check HowManyOfMe.org — our sister site built around that single question.