Amariah

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Primarily a girl's name · 99% girls

Meaning

Amariah means "promised by God" in Hebrew. It was commonly used as a name of priests in the History of ancient Israel and Judah. It appear several times in the Hebrew Bible: One of the descendants of Aaron by Eleazar.

From Wikipedia

Amariah first appears in the data in 1980 and has been recorded in 38 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2009 with 181 babies (rank #1,328 that year). In 2024 it was given to 179 girls (rank #1,289). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Amariah

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Amariah yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

3,581
Total babies (all years)
38
Years in the data
181
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19805#10,446
19816#9,149
19886#10,426
19905#13,043
19919#8,623
199217#5,493
199312#7,050
199412#7,125
199517#5,453
199627#3,948
199719#5,233
199835#3,428
199949#2,786
200048#2,942
200160#2,542
200278#2,145
200395#1,916
200499#1,896
2005114#1,731
2006128#1,653
2007157#1,480
2008157#1,486
2009181#1,328
2010177#1,328
2011166#1,379
2012169#1,379
2013139#1,557
2014135#1,591
2015128#1,666
2016139#1,591
2017169#1,364
2018142#1,531
2019134#1,584
2020135#1,558
2021122#1,696
2022127#1,659
2023161#1,391
2024179#1,289