How Many People Are Named Amaka?

106

people named Amaka are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 3,224,385 people in the US has this name

Based on 107 babies named Amaka in Social Security records from 1982 to 2021, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#36,910

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#21,786

See the top 100

Peak Year

1996

9 births

Trend

→

Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Western African, Igbo
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Short form of CHIAMAKA.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Amaka in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Amaka alive today is about 23 years old, and 77% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 29 in 2025.

Under 30 81
77.1%
30 to 59 24
22.9%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Amaka first appears in the records in 1982 and was given most often in 1996, to 9 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2021.

Babies given the name each year, 1982 to 2021

🏆 Rank History

Amaka has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #8,845, in 1996.

Girls
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#8,845 (1996)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#12,479 in the 1990s

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