Amaya
#180 for girls in 2025, 1,723 births · Last seen for boys in 2017 at #12,246
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2018 · 2,280 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 43,525since 1972
Amaya over time
Rank among girls' names. Amaya has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #180 | 1,723 | — | |
| 2024 | #168 | 1,817 | — | |
| 2023 | #162 | 1,758 | — | |
| 2022 | #169 | 1,724 | — | |
| 2021 | #161 | 1,783 | — | |
| 2020 | #139 | 1,939 | — | |
| 2019 | #133 | 2,063 | — | |
| 2018 | #129 | 2,280 | — | |
| 2017 | #176 | 1,718 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #204 | 1,590 | — | |
| 2015 | #214 | 1,528 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #237 | 1,368 | — | |
| 2013 | #234 | 1,368 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #212 | 1,477 | — | |
| 2011 | #209 | 1,486 | — | |
| 2010 | #226 | 1,395 | — | |
| 2009 | #202 | 1,598 | — | |
| 2008 | #199 | 1,679 | — | |
| 2007 | #201 | 1,699 | — | |
| 2006 | #215 | 1,594 | — | |
| 2005 | #226 | 1,513 | — | |
| 2004 | #209 | 1,619 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #181 | 1,769 | — | |
| 2002 | #283 | 1,099 | — | |
| 2001 | #295 | 1,056 | — | |
| 2000 | #196 | 1,632 | — | |
| 1999 | #398 | 704 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,458 | 117 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,696 | 92 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,207 | 61 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,152 | 36 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,615 | 30 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,987 | 26 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | — | |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | — | |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | — | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | — | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | — | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | — | |
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| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Amaya! It came in at #8,292, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1972–1975, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Amaya is popular in 2015
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Mexico#68 · 1 in 285
- Nevada#110 · 1 in 438
- Arizona#131 · 1 in 594
- Hawaii#135 · 1 in 426
- Florida#149 · 1 in 699
Best ever in a state: #22 in New Mexico, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #68 | 23 | 1 in 285 |
| Nevada | #110 | 25 | 1 in 438 |
| Arizona | #131 | 52 | 1 in 594 |
| Hawaii | #135 | 8 | 1 in 426 |
| Florida | #149 | 123 | 1 in 699 |
| California | #152 | 260 | 1 in 790 |
| New Jersey | #155 | 51 | 1 in 729 |
| Rhode Island | #159 | 6 | 1 in 491 |
| New York | #162 | 112 | 1 in 815 |
| Massachusetts | #177 | 33 | 1 in 766 |
| Idaho | #179 | 11 | 1 in 588 |
| Oregon | #183 | 21 | 1 in 725 |
| Colorado | #193 | 30 | 1 in 780 |
| Illinois | #207 | 62 | 1 in 944 |
| Washington | #207 | 35 | 1 in 896 |
| Connecticut | #228 | 14 | 1 in 859 |
| Texas | #230 | 142 | 1 in 1,195 |
| Utah | #236 | 19 | 1 in 937 |
| South Carolina | #237 | 20 | 1 in 919 |
| Georgia | #240 | 46 | 1 in 1,059 |
| Pennsylvania | #243 | 48 | 1 in 1,100 |
| Wisconsin | #245 | 23 | 1 in 1,012 |
| Maryland | #248 | 24 | 1 in 1,004 |
| Oklahoma | #251 | 17 | 1 in 990 |
| Michigan | #264 | 35 | 1 in 1,205 |
| North Carolina | #268 | 39 | 1 in 1,164 |
| Minnesota | #278 | 21 | 1 in 1,165 |
| Ohio | #280 | 42 | 1 in 1,257 |
| Mississippi | #291 | 10 | 1 in 1,123 |
| Kansas | #297 | 11 | 1 in 1,184 |
| Virginia | #300 | 28 | 1 in 1,339 |
| Arkansas | #314 | 10 | 1 in 1,182 |
| Tennessee | #316 | 23 | 1 in 1,355 |
| Louisiana | #328 | 16 | 1 in 1,331 |
| Missouri | #342 | 19 | 1 in 1,431 |
| Kentucky | #367 | 12 | 1 in 1,547 |
| Alabama | #416 | 11 | 1 in 1,788 |
| Indiana | #506 | 13 | 1 in 2,356 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Amaya
- 12 spots since 2024 (#168 → #180)
- 41 spots since 2020 (#139 → #180)
- 34 spots since 2015 (#214 → #180)
- Biggest jump: 1,060 spots in 1999 (#1,458 → #398)
- Biggest drop: 99 spots in 2001 (#196 → #295)
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 2018 at #129 (2,280 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1999–2025
- Highest: 1 in 746 girls born in 2018 were named Amaya (0.13%)
- Latest: 1 in 933 girls born in 2025 (0.11%)
- 37.4% of all girls named Amaya (16,273) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 40 | #6,385 (1978) | #7,840 |
| 1980s | 104 | #4,716 (1982) | #6,714 |
| 1990s | 1,106 | #398 (1999) | #3,612 |
| 2000s | 15,258 | #181 (2003) | #221 |
| 2010s | 16,273 | #129 (2018) | #197 |
| 2020s | 10,744 | #139 (2020) | #163 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Amaya in 2015
Top girls' names in 2015
Top boys' names in 2015
More about 2015
girls
1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 1,168 of them was named Amaya, which outranked 98.9% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 383,349 of them was named Amaya, which outranked 14.0% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,973 names at #12,086; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.