Amaia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-MY-a
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,019 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #554 for girls
Amaia is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “the end”. In 2025 it ranked 1,019th for girls in the UK (36 babies) and 554th for girls in the US (547 babies).
What does Amaia mean?
Spanish: Basque name
“the end”
Popularised by Navarro Villoslada's 19th-century novel Amaya, set among the early Basques.
Is Amaia a girl's or a boy's name?
Amaia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 36 girls in the UK and 547 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amaia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,019among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 36about 1 in 7,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 36 girls in the UK were named Amaia, making it the 1,019th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 945th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 56 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Amaia than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Amaia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 696 girls in the UK were given Amaia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #84, up from #1,019 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,079th in England and Wales and 539th in Scotland.
Amaia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #1,019 |
| 2024 | 48 | #826 |
| 2023 | 53 | #736 |
| 2022 | 56 | #716 |
| 2021 | 46 | #846 |
| 2020 | 40 | #945 |
| 2019 | 41 | #942 |
| 2018 | 48 | #849 |
| 2017 | 30 | #1,213 |
| 2016 | 35 | #1,073 |
| 2015 | 26 | #1,353 |
| 2014 | 24 | #1,418 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 2012 | 21 | #1,579 |
| 2011 | 25 | #1,335 |
| 2010 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,745 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Amaia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #554among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 547about 1 in 2,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 547 girls in the US were named Amaia, making it the 554th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 565th. It first appears in the records in 1993.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Amaia of any year since it first appeared, in 1993.
Half of all the girls named Amaia in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,411 girls in the US were given Amaia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #87, up from #554 for this spelling alone.
Amaia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 547 | #554 |
| 2024 | 501 | #601 |
| 2023 | 473 | #627 |
| 2022 | 470 | #628 |
| 2021 | 462 | #643 |
| 2020 | 521 | #565 |
| 2019 | 367 | #763 |
| 2018 | 354 | #770 |
| 2017 | 252 | #1,027 |
| 2016 | 189 | #1,278 |
| 2015 | 163 | #1,416 |
| 2014 | 95 | #2,049 |
| 2013 | 93 | #2,064 |
| 2012 | 92 | #2,078 |
| 2011 | 101 | #1,953 |
| 2010 | 80 | #2,360 |
| 2009 | 100 | #2,041 |
| 2008 | 83 | #2,334 |
| 2007 | 74 | #2,509 |
| 2006 | 71 | #2,555 |
| 2005 | 77 | #2,312 |
| 2004 | 65 | #2,553 |
| 2003 | 56 | #2,768 |
| 2002 | 54 | #2,776 |
| 2001 | 46 | #3,042 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,850 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,440 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
Names like Amaia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Alaia Amira Aaliyah Ayra Abeeha Alaya Ayah Amara Hafsa Aiza Ayla
Other spellings of Amaia
Amaya Amayah Amiyah Amaiyah Amaiya Amiah Amaiah Amaaya Amyah Amyiah Aamiyah
Names related to Amaia
More Spanish names
Santiago Lola Xavier Diego Rio Cruz Elian Jesus Ximena Javier Esmeralda Reina Cesar Sierra Paloma Solana
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, “Amaia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amaia, updated 20 October 2026.