How Many People Are Named Amaya?
people named Amaya are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 7,909 people in the US has this name
Based on 43,547 babies named Amaya in Social Security records from 1972 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,280 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of AMAIA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Amaya in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Amaya alive today is about 12 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 19 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Amaya first appears in the records in 1972 and was given most often in 2018, to 2,280 babies. In 2025, 1,723 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1972 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Amaya has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #129, in 2018. In 2025 it ranked #180.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #180 |
| Best rank | #129 (2018) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #195 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Amaya alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Amaya were born in California than in any other state: about 6,469 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Amaya was given 2.6 times as often in New Mexico, 2.1 times in Hawaii and 1.6 times in Nevada.
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