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

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Peak · girls
2018 · 2,280 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
43,525
since 1972

Amaya over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Amaya has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #129, 2018girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1801,723
2024#1681,817
2023#1621,758
2022#1691,724
2021#1611,783
2020#1391,939
2019#1332,063
2018#1292,280
2017#1761,718#12,2465
2016#2041,590
2015#2141,528#12,0865
2014#2371,368
2013#2341,368#12,1365
2012#2121,477
2011#2091,486
2010#2261,395
2009#2021,598
2008#1991,679
2007#2011,699
2006#2151,594
2005#2261,513
2004#2091,619#8,9277
2003#1811,769
2002#2831,099
2001#2951,056
2000#1961,632
1999#398704
1998#1,458117
1997#1,69692
1996#2,20761
1995#3,15236
1994#3,61530
1993#3,98726
1992#5,71816
1991#6,58813
1990#7,30311
1989#6,53112
1988#7,11110
1987#6,33511
1986#5,75712
1985#6,03111
1984#7,3988
1983#5,45712
1982#4,71615
1981#7,4098
1980#10,3925
1979#6,6969
1978#6,3859
1977#8,4446
1976#8,1566
1975#9,0675
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First appearance
1972

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.

See more about Amaya
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
46 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1972
  • Peaked 2018 at #129 (2,280 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 27 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1999–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 746
  • Highest: 1 in 746 girls born in 2018 were named Amaya (0.13%)
  • Latest: 1 in 933 girls born in 2025 (0.11%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 37.4% of all girls named Amaya (16,273) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s40#6,385 (1978)#7,840
1980s104#4,716 (1982)#6,714
1990s1,106#398 (1999)#3,612
2000s15,258#181 (2003)#221
2010s16,273#129 (2018)#197
2020s10,744#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 2017

girls
#176
1,718 births · 1 in 1,005 girls
boys
#12,246
5 births · 1 in 370,191 boys

Top girls' names in 2017

  1. #1Emma19,873
  2. #2Olivia18,778
  3. #3Ava16,017
  4. #4Isabella15,263
  5. #5Sophia14,947
  6. #6Mia13,521
  7. #7Charlotte12,969
  8. #8Amelia11,870
  9. #9Evelyn10,748
  10. #10Abigail10,645
  11. #176Amaya1,718

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #12,246Amaya5
More about 2017

girls

1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 1,005 of them was named Amaya, which outranked 99.0% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amaya
  1. #173Laila1,751
  2. #174Amy1,740
  3. #175Teagan1,733
  4. #176Amaya1,718
  5. #177Elise1,716
  6. #178Harmony1,715
  7. #179Paige1,700
Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. 1,443Ensley#2,412#969
  2. 1,020Oaklynn#1,908#888
  3. 842Dream#1,667#825
  4. 749Oaklyn#1,425#676
  5. 717Melania#1,649#932
Fallers
  1. 263Julianne#919#1,182
  2. 243Milania#947#1,190
  3. 240Wendy#858#1,098
  4. 238Montserrat#808#1,046
  5. 224Nathaly#930#1,154

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 370,191 of them was named Amaya, which outranked 14.1% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amaya
  1. #10,775Zyah6
  2. #10,775Zyen6
  3. #10,775Zylo6
  4. #12,246Amaya5
  5. #12,246Aadrit5
  6. #12,246Aagam5
  7. #12,246Aaidyn5

Tied with 2,016 names at #12,246; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. 497Wells#1,413#916
  2. 419Kairo#1,221#802
  3. 339Caspian#1,199#860
  4. 313Colson#1,049#736
  5. 311Kace#1,183#872
Fallers
  1. 415Riaan#861#1,276
  2. 292Chevy#980#1,272
  3. 245Kylo#904#1,149
  4. 226Braeden#993#1,219
  5. 194Kamdyn#809#1,003

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2017