Aimara
Aimara is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. It contains a single species, Aimara rollinsii, a subshrub endemic to Antofagasta Region of northern Chile, where it grows in subalpine habitats in the Andes.
Meaning & Origin of Aimara
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aimara is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. It contains a single species, Aimara rollinsii, a subshrub endemic to Antofagasta Region of northern Chile, where it grows in subalpine habitats in the Andes.
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The Story of Aimara
Aimara first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1981, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2024: 10 births, good for #9,521 nationwide. About 65% of every Aimara on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Aimara last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 10 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 49 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Aimara
Aimara is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1981 and has accumulated 49 births in the dataset. Aimara's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #9,521. Use the chart and map above to compare Aimara's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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