Amaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-MY-a
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #137 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #180 for girls
Amaya is a girls' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 137th for girls in the UK (413 babies) and 180th for girls in the US (1,723 babies).
Where does Amaya come from?
Spanish: Spanish form of Basque Amaia; also a place name
More on Wiktionary.
Is Amaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Amaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 413 girls in the UK and 1,723 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amaya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #137among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 413about 1 in 670 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 413 girls in the UK were named Amaya, making it the 137th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 114th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 487 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Amaya than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Amaya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 696 girls in the UK were given Amaya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #84, up from #137 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 122nd in England and Wales and 242nd in Scotland.
Amaya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 413 | #137 |
| 2024 | 462 | #118 |
| 2023 | 442 | #127 |
| 2022 | 415 | #137 |
| 2021 | 432 | #130 |
| 2020 | 487 | #114 |
| 2019 | 474 | #122 |
| 2018 | 458 | #132 |
| 2017 | 406 | #152 |
| 2016 | 361 | #174 |
| 2015 | 340 | #179 |
| 2014 | 242 | #235 |
| 2013 | 262 | #212 |
| 2012 | 214 | #262 |
| 2011 | 194 | #278 |
| 2010 | 142 | #360 |
| 2009 | 116 | #411 |
| 2008 | 92 | #485 |
| 2007 | 68 | #594 |
| 2006 | 53 | #667 |
| 2005 | 34 | #883 |
| 2004 | 27 | #1,006 |
| 2003 | 21 | #1,156 |
| 2002 | 18 | #1,225 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,325 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
How popular is Amaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #180among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,723about 1 in 930 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.5%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,723 girls in the US were named Amaya, making it the 180th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 139th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 2,280 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
2025 had fewer girls named Amaya than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Amaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,411 girls in the US were given Amaya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #87, up from #180 for this spelling alone.
Amaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,723 | #180 |
| 2024 | 1,817 | #168 |
| 2023 | 1,758 | #162 |
| 2022 | 1,724 | #169 |
| 2021 | 1,783 | #161 |
| 2020 | 1,939 | #139 |
| 2019 | 2,063 | #133 |
| 2018 | 2,280 | #129 |
| 2017 | 1,718 | #176 |
| 2016 | 1,590 | #204 |
| 2015 | 1,528 | #214 |
| 2014 | 1,368 | #237 |
| 2013 | 1,368 | #234 |
| 2012 | 1,477 | #212 |
| 2011 | 1,486 | #209 |
| 2010 | 1,395 | #226 |
| 2009 | 1,598 | #202 |
| 2008 | 1,679 | #199 |
| 2007 | 1,699 | #201 |
| 2006 | 1,594 | #215 |
| 2005 | 1,513 | #226 |
| 2004 | 1,619 | #209 |
| 2003 | 1,769 | #181 |
| 2002 | 1,099 | #283 |
| 2001 | 1,056 | #295 |
| 2000 | 1,632 | #196 |
| 1999 | 704 | #398 |
| 1998 | 117 | #1,456 |
| 1997 | 92 | #1,694 |
| 1996 | 61 | #2,204 |
| 1995 | 36 | #3,147 |
| 1994 | 30 | #3,610 |
| 1993 | 26 | #3,982 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,714 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
Names like Amaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Safa Amira Anaya Zainab Ayah Raya Khadija Hafsa Amara Alaya Maya
Other spellings of Amaya
Amayah Amiyah Amaia Amaiyah Amaiya Amiah Amaiah Amaaya Amyah Amyiah Aamiyah
Names related to Amaya
More Spanish names
Santiago Lola Xavier Alaia Diego Rio Cruz Elian Jesus Ximena Javier Esmeralda Reina Cesar Sierra Paloma
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, “Amaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amaya, updated 20 October 2026.