Maame
Girl · MAH-meh · Akan
Maame is a girls' name of Akan origin, meaning “mother”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies).
What does Maame mean?
Akan: Twi word
“mother”
From the Akan (Twi) word for mother, also used in Ghana as an affectionate title.
- Say it
- MAH-meh
Is Maame a girl's or a boy's name?
Maame is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maame in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 133% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Maame, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 20 girls.
Half of all the girls named Maame in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Maame in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,592 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 14 | #2,004 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,556 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,745 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,694 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,689 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Maame in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Maame in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maame in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
Names like Maame
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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