Given name & surname

Ammara

Ammara is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Ammara isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Ammara through the years

Babies since 1880
192
0 boys · 192 girls
Most popular year
2020
15 babies
2025
10
#9,501 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−23%
Easing
02.557.51020002025Highest share 20206.2
Ammara in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1998–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,501 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 23.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 424 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Ammara’s family of names

Ammara may belong to the same name family as Amara. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Ammara’s family in the name graph

AmmaraAmara

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Ammara, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Enara

“swallow”

16Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Omara

15Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Zaharah

16Very rareCooling

>99% girls

Modern

Aathira

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Amalah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Auora

11Very rare

>99% girls

Modern

Alloura

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Ammara’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Ammara