Amai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-MYE
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
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Amai is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
Where does Amai come from?
Origin uncertain; amai is Shona for 'mother' and Japanese for 'sweet'
Is Amai a girl's or a boy's name?
Amai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 13 girls and 15 boys in the US.
How popular is Amai in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Amai, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 3 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Amai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
How popular is Amai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Amai, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 2005. 15 boys were also named Amai in 2025 (5,859th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Amai than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Amai in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amai in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
Names like Amai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ahmed Azai Abdur Ahad Azaan Muhammad Abdullah Azeem Amir Musa Abdul-Hadi Ayham
Names related to Amai
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, “Amai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amai, updated 20 October 2026.