NameTides

Amaya

Amaya was the #180 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,723 babies), and #122 in England & Wales and #167 in Canada.

Amaya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Amaya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUSScotlandIreland
Amaya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#180 (1,723)#122 (398)#242 (15)—#273 (15)#167 (170)
2024#168 (1,817)#104 (446)#315 (11)#288 (5)#320 (12)#160 (173)
2023#162 (1,758)#115 (423)#263 (14)#302 (5)#727 (4)#157 (163)
2022#169 (1,724)#127 (395)#248 (15)#305 (5)#559 (6)#172 (159)
2021#161 (1,783)#119 (423)#363 (9)—#764 (4)#174 (166)
2020#139 (1,939)#107 (473)#313 (11)#397 (3)#444 (8)#141 (185)
2019#133 (2,063)#113 (458)#304 (12)#336 (4)#551 (6)#218 (136)
2018#129 (2,280)#123 (435)#234 (17)#273 (6)#734 (4)#200 (151)
2017#176 (1,718)#137 (393)#289 (13)—#430 (9)#252 (126)
2016#204 (1,590)#159 (349)#311 (12)——#262 (124)
2015#214 (1,528)#165 (332)#416 (8)—#532 (7)#336 (102)
2014#237 (1,368)#220 (233)#395 (9)—#584 (6)#396 (85)
2013#234 (1,368)#198 (256)#506 (6)—#660 (5)#355 (92)
2012#212 (1,477)#238 (210)#665 (4)—#677 (5)#370 (87)
2011#209 (1,486)#255 (191)#810 (3)—#798 (4)#396 (81)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #129.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1972.

How common is it?

about 1 in 930 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 930common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 640common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 880common

Next year

On its recent trend, Amaya is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 910 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 860 to 1 in 960.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Amaya by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #253WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #112WAIdaho: #142IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #285MNIllinois: #142ILMichigan: #330MINew York: #141NYMassachusetts: #115MAOregon: #93ORNevada: #95NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #248IAIndiana: #197INOhio: #264OHPennsylvania: #228PANew Jersey: #163NJConnecticut: #120CTRhode Island: #150RICalifornia: #110CAUtah: #260UTColorado: #179CONebraska: #200NEMissouri: #277MOKentucky: #216KYWest Virginia: #273WVVirginia: #212VAMaryland: #225MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #124AZNew Mexico: #76NMKansas: #361KSArkansas: #301ARTennessee: #244TNNorth Carolina: #280NCSouth Carolina: #294SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #247OKLouisiana: #254LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #633ALGeorgia: #237GAHawaii: #168HITexas: #192TXFlorida: #93FL
Amaya (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#16035
Ontario2024#20458

Amaya (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AmayaCanadaGirls#167170
AmayaEngland & WalesGirls#122398
AmayaIrelandGirls#27315
AmayaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AmayaScotlandGirls#24215
AmayaUSGirls#1801,723
AmayaUSBoys—too few