Amaia

What Amaia means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Amaia yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1993, with 6 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Amaia?

US: Rising: up from #1416 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1279 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 547 girls got the name (#554 that year). First in the US records in 1993.

How common

• About 1 in 2,938 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 8,170 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,578 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in FL (1.14 per 1,000 girls), NV (0.98 per 1,000 girls), MA (0.87 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Amaia is #554 in the US and #1079 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Amaia were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Amiah144 US · 10 E&W
• Amia127 US · 6 E&W
• Amaiah65 US · 6 E&W
• Amie30 US · 9 E&W
• Amea12 US · 15 E&W
• Ameia6 US
• Amaiia6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Amaia

Girls

• Ailani#168Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,199 in 2015, #168 in 2025
• Alani#161Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #529 in 2015, #161 in 2025
• Nyla#236Editor’s note Up from #326 in 2015 to #236 in 2025 in the US
• Kaia#193Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #447 in 2015, #193 in 2025
• Haven#190Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #190 vs #1,512 in 2025
• Parker#106From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*

For a brother

• Amari#185“Does the given name have different origins?”^*
• Jett#169Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #169 vs #452 in 2025
• Zion#142Editor’s note Up from #227 in 2015 to #142 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 680 US boys in the 2025 records
• Simon#230“sixpence coin”^*
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Cyrus#268Editor’s note Up from #469 in 2015 to #268 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Amaia’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.