Amiria
A feminine name derived from the Spanish 'amor', meaning love or affection.
Name Census estimates that about 278 living Americans carry the first name Amiria. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Amiria today is around 11 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Amiria births was 2023 (28 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Amiria. 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
278
~ 1 in 1,232,929 Americans
Peak year
2023
28 babies that year
Average age
11
years old
2024 SSA rank
#5,294
Tracked since 2001
Census
Amiria in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 188 people with the first name Amiria, which placed it at #39,872 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
#39,872
National first-name rank
People counted
188
188 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Black or African American
83.5% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Amiria
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Amiria is Black at 83.5%. The next largest groups are White (6.4%) and Hispanic (4.8%). 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 Amiria 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 Amiria at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Black or African American83.5% · 157
- White6.4% · 12
- Hispanic or Latino4.8% · 9
- Two or more races4.3% · 8
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.1% · 2
Popularity
Amiria: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Amiria from the 2000s through to the 2020s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 108 total registrations. The name continues to be given at rates close to its all-time high, suggesting it has not yet fallen out of fashion.
Babies born per year
Decades
Amiria 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 Amiria during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Amirias live
Origin
Meaning and history of Amiria
The name Amiria is derived from the Latin word "amiria," which means "wonderful" or "admirable." It is believed to have originated in ancient Rome during the Roman Empire period, which spanned from 27 BC to 476 AD.
The earliest known recorded use of the name Amiria dates back to the 2nd century AD, when it appeared in a Roman inscription discovered in the ruins of Pompeii. This inscription was dedicated to a woman named Amiria Tertia, who was likely a prominent figure in the city before its tragic destruction by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
During the Middle Ages, the name Amiria was relatively uncommon, but it did appear in several historical records from various parts of Europe. One notable example is Amiria of Gloucester, an English noblewoman who lived in the 12th century and was known for her charitable works and patronage of religious institutions.
In the Renaissance period, the name Amiria gained some popularity among the Italian nobility. One famous bearer of the name was Amiria Farnese (1519-1589), an Italian noble and the wife of Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza.
Another notable historical figure with the name Amiria was Amiria Vespucci (1451-1512), an Italian Renaissance woman and the cousin of the famous explorer Amerigo Vespucci, after whom the Americas were named.
In more recent history, Amiria Charpentier (1848-1934) was a French educator and advocate for women's rights, who founded several schools for girls in Paris.
While the name Amiria has been relatively rare throughout history, it has been borne by notable individuals from various cultures and time periods, reflecting its Latin origins and the admirable qualities it represents.
People
Amiria + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Amiria 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
Amiria: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Amiria?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 278 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Amiria 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 1,232,929 US residents.
Is Amiria a common name?
We classify Amiria as "Very Rare". It ranks above 78.4% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 280 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Amiria most popular?
The single biggest year for Amiria was 2023, when 28 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Amiria is about 11 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Amiria in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 188 people with the name Amiria, or 0.06 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #39,872 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 Amiria 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 Amiria?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Amiria leans strongly female. 191 people counted with this name were female (97.0%), compared with 6 male bearers (3.0%). 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 Amiria?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Amiria is Black at 83.5%. The next largest groups are White (6.4%) and Hispanic (4.8%). 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 Amiria most often in the Census?
Black is the largest reported group for people named Amiria in the 2020 Census, accounting for 83.5% (157 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 Amiria in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Amiria a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Amiria 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 Amiria still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Amiria 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 Amiria 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 are named Amiria?
Want to know how many people have the name Amiria? HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, puts the living-bearer count front and centre.