Emaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eh-MY-ah
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Emaya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
Where does Emaya come from?
Modern: blend of Emma and Maya, or a variant of Amaya
Is Emaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Emaya 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 Emaya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 7 girls.
Emaya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
How popular is Emaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Emaya, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Emaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Emaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
Nicknames for Emaya
- Em
Names like Emaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Aaliyah Hafsa Zainab Amaya Amira Ayah Abeeha Khadija Alaya Hiba Nusaybah
Names related to Emaya
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Emaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emaya, updated 20 October 2026.