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Ameya

Ameya was the #3,067 girls' name in the US in 2025 (53 babies), and #1,639 in England & Wales and #3,044 in Canada.

Ameya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ameya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020IrelandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Ameya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
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.
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YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#3,067 (53)#1,639 (18)#608 (5)#3,044 (6)
2024#4,207 (34)#1,672 (18)#898 (3)#1,833 (12)
2023#4,114 (35)#1,774 (16)—#1,898 (11)
2022#3,827 (39)#2,058 (13)#905 (3)#1,635 (13)
2021#3,215 (50)#1,962 (14)—#1,876 (11)
2020#3,015 (53)#1,618 (18)—#1,428 (16)
2019#3,611 (42)#1,634 (18)—#1,600 (14)
2018#3,497 (44)#1,711 (17)—#2,587 (7)
2017#2,903 (57)#2,090 (13)—#2,374 (8)
2016#2,966 (56)#2,233 (12)——
2015#2,773 (63)#1,601 (19)—#2,011 (10)
2014#3,137 (52)#1,501 (20)—#2,617 (7)
2013#3,404 (46)#3,160 (7)—#2,888 (6)
2012#3,854 (40)#1,720 (17)#907 (3)—
2011#4,466 (32)#2,636 (9)#798 (4)#3,310 (5)

Ameya as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Ameya as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.0218801900192019401960198020002020US
Ameya as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.021880192019602000
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.
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YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#10,695 (6)—
2024#10,938 (6)—
2017#8,840 (8)—
2014#12,108 (5)—
2012#12,274 (5)—
2011#6,578 (12)—
2010#8,803 (8)—
2009#8,310 (9)—
2008#5,767 (15)—
2007#5,210 (17)#4,333 (3)
2006#5,303 (16)—
2005#5,278 (15)—
2004#5,813 (13)#2,304 (6)
2003#7,245 (9)#3,467 (3)
2002#4,919 (15)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2015 at #2,773.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1998.
  • In 2025, 90% of US babies named Ameya were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 30,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare
USBoys2025about 1 in 250,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Ameya is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 38,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 25,000 to 1 in 60,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ameya by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,487CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,038TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Ameya (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
Ontario2024#1,4107

Ameya (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
AmeyaCanadaGirls#3,0446
AmeyaEngland & WalesGirls#1,63918
AmeyaEngland & WalesBoys—too few
AmeyaIrelandGirls#6085
AmeyaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AmeyaUSGirls#3,06753
AmeyaUSBoys#10,6956