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Baby name
Amara
Girl
Origin of the name
Amara has two possible sources: the Sanskrit amara, “immortal,” and an Arabic name.
Rising name
28,982births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 98rank at its peak, in 2025
Where babies named Amara are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Amara is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Amara is most common in New Mexico (1.9 times), Nevada (1.5) and Wisconsin (1.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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