Fun Facts About the Name Ammara
- 192 babies named Ammara: U.S. records list 192 babies given the name Ammara from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Ammara Mean?
Ammara is an Arabic feminine name usually understood to mean "prosperous" or "long-lived." It comes from the Arabic root ʿ-m-r (ع م ر), which is connected with life, age, dwelling, and building. The masculine name ʿAmmār (عَمَّار) carries the sense of being long-lived or flourishing, and Ammara is its feminine form, written in Arabic as عَمَّارَة. Related words from the same root include ʿumr (عُمْر, "life" or "age") and ʿimāra (عِمَارَة, "building" or "construction"), but the name's meaning is normally linked to the adjective ʿammār rather than to the noun for a building.
It is not the same name as the similarly spelled Amara, which has separate origins and meanings, including an Igbo name meaning "grace" and a Latin-derived element meaning "bitter." The doubled m in Ammara reflects the Arabic shadda in ʿAmmāra and helps distinguish it from those unrelated names.
Ammara Name History & Origins
Ammara developed as the feminine counterpart of the Arabic masculine name ʿAmmār. Arabic often forms a feminine adjective or name by adding the ending -a to a masculine form, so ʿAmmār yields ʿAmmāra. The masculine name is attested in early Islamic history: ʿAmmār ibn Yāsir, a companion of the Prophet Muhammad, is a well-known bearer. The feminine name follows the same naming pattern and is used in Arabic-speaking countries and in Muslim communities in South Asia, where Arabic names are common.
The name is written عَمَّارَة in Arabic and often عمارہ in Urdu. Its relation to the root ʿ-m-r is the same as that of words for life, building, and prosperity. It should not be confused with the unrelated Amara, whose different origins and meanings do not apply to Ammara.
How Popular is the Name Ammara?
Ammara has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2020. Its best rank was #7,236 in 2020.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,501 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2024 | #10,295 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #8,088 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2022 | #13,706 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2021 | #10,347 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #7,236 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2019 | #9,786 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2018 | #7,790 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #9,377 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #9,458 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #10,954 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2014 | #10,187 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #16,748 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #13,453 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2010 | #15,092 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #17,501 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #10,131 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2005 | #13,115 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2003 | #15,935 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #15,595 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #9,534 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #14,265 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Ammara Shapes Your Personality and Life?
Powerful and complete. You are good intellectually and require several outlets for your energies. You are not a builder but a planner, and you want others to carry out your plans. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
You are always looking for an opportunity to achieve financial and emotional security. You are basically peacemaker. You understand the law of harmony and desire to balance your life with those around you. You may feel incomplete without someone to share your love, ideals, wealth or work. You can be very sensitive and could appear a bit shy and perceptive. You have developed intuition, patience and the ability to nurture others. You can achieve the state of happiness if you are willing to accept your needs in a complimentary relationship and go to create them.
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