Ama
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AH-ma
- Origin
- Akan
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Ama is a girls' name of Akan origin, meaning “born on Saturday”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Ama mean?
Akan: Akan day name
“born on Saturday”
Akan day name for a girl born on Saturday; a Saturday-born boy is Kwame.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Ama a girl's or a boy's name?
Ama is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ama in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,509among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Ama, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 18 girls.
2025 had more girls named Ama than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Ama in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2022, 75% of the babies named Ama in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Ama in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 18 | #1,544 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,608 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,475 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,832 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,927 |
How popular is Ama in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Ama, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2019, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1885.
2025 had fewer girls named Ama than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Ama in the US since 1880 were born between 1931 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ama in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 19 | #3,991 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,748 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,689 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,586 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,162 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,282 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,938 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,808 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,479 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,940 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,590 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,639 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,375 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,692 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,246 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,143 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,658 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,339 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,595 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,592 |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,236 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,332 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 7 | #842 |
Names like Ama
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ada Alba Ava Ella Anna Emma Eliza Bella Eva Amelia Luna Alma
Names related to Ama
More Akan names
Nana Mansa Ashanti Kofi Kwame Ohemaa Akosua Obrempong Kwabena Akua Kwaku Nhyira Abena Kwadwo Adom Yaa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ama: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ama, updated 20 October 2026.