Amaya

What Amaya means

Means “the end”

Navarro Villoslada, explained as Basque amai (“the end”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Amaya” (revision 92481572), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Amaya?

US: Rising: up from #214 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #165 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2018, when 2,280 girls got the name (#129 that year). First in the US records in 1972.

How common

• About 1 in 933 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 636 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,193 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 NM (3.42 per 1,000 girls), OR (2.6 per 1,000 girls), RI (2.45 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Amaya is #180 in the US and #122 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 Amaya were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Amiyah471 US · 72 E&W
• Amayah323 US · 115 E&W
• Amiya111 US · 16 E&W
• Amya92 US
• Ameya53 US · 18 E&W
• Amaiyah35 US · 20 E&W
• Amaiya32 US · 17 E&W
• Amyah49 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 Amaya

Girls

• Isabela#664Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1982, with 6 babies
• Marianna#872Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #872 vs #1,892 in 2025
• Bella#136Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Anahi#482Spanish, meaning “cockspur coral tree (Erythrina crista-galli)”^*
• Ximena#183Basque, meaning “son”^*
• Gia#287Editor’s note Up from #372 in 2015 to #287 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

• Joan#984“God is gracious”^*
• Angelo#304Editor’s note Down from #299 in 2015 to #304 in 2025 in the US
• Giovanni#123Same root as John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Alessandro#497Italian form of Alexander, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Xavier#108Editor’s note Down from #90 in 2015 to #108 in 2025 in the US
• Leonardo#91Italian, from Old French Leonard, meaning “as strong as a lion”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Amaya’s. Rank is US 2025.