Amma
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AH-ma
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Amma is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Amma mean?
Used in several cultures, including as an Akan day name and a South Indian word for mother
In Ghana, Ama, also spelled Amma, is the Akan day name for a girl born on Saturday.
Is Amma a girl's or a boy's name?
Amma is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amma in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 6 girls.
Amma in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Amma in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Amma, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1886.
2025 had more girls named Amma than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Amma in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amma in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,501 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,751 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,952 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,707 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,115 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,391 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,349 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,009 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,399 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 10 | #3,003 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,692 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,264 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,825 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,980 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,676 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,820 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,553 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,560 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,393 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
| 1897 | 10 | #1,037 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,484 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,278 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 7 | #937 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,108 |
Names like Amma
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ada Emma Anna Ella Etta Alma Alice Matilda Eva Eliza Georgia Nina
Names related to Amma
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, “Amma: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amma, updated 20 October 2026.