girl's name
Amma
- Gender Girl
- Letters 4
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 643
Amma is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 10 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 2019, when 14 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 331,565 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1886.
Amma over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 17 |
| 1890s | 32 |
| 1900s | 37 |
| 1910s | 57 |
| 1920s | 79 |
| 1930s | 38 |
| 1940s | 14 |
| 1950s | 6 |
| 1960s | 5 |
| 1970s | 27 |
| 1980s | 52 |
| 1990s | 48 |
| 2000s | 52 |
| 2010s | 70 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 45 |
How popular is Amma?
In 2025, Amma was given to 10 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Where Amma is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Amma
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Amma also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Amma over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Amma
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Amma — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Amma
How popular is the name Amma?
In 2025, Amma was given to 10 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Amma a girl's or a boy's name?
Amma is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Amma most popular?
Amma peaked in 2019, when 14 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Amma a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Amma currently ranks #9,738 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.