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Amaya

This name is a variant of Amaia.

PronunciationSpanish /a.ˈma.ʝa/; English /ə.ˈmaɪ.ə/
Usage languagesBasque, English, Spanish
US rank (2025)#180

Meaning and history

Amaya is a variant of Amaia and was popularized in America in 1999 by a contestant on the reality television series The Real World.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 1,594 births, rank #215
2007: 1,699 births, rank #201
2008: 1,679 births, rank #199
2009: 1,598 births, rank #202
2010: 1,395 births, rank #226
20112011: 1,486 births, rank #209
2012: 1,477 births, rank #212
2013: 1,368 births, rank #234
2014: 1,368 births, rank #237
2015: 1,528 births, rank #214
20162016: 1,590 births, rank #204
2017: 1,718 births, rank #176
2018: 2,280 births, rank #129
2019: 2,063 births, rank #133
2020: 1,939 births, rank #139
20212021: 1,783 births, rank #161
2022: 1,724 births, rank #169
2023: 1,758 births, rank #162
2024: 1,817 births, rank #168
20252025: 1,723 births, rank #180

Amaya moved from #168 to #180 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2018, with 2,280 births.