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How popular is the name Ama?
Births per year, rank history and how many Amas are alive today.
Ama (female) is a shortened form of the name Amalia. Although Ama itself was given to 11 babies in England and Wales in 2025 (ranked 2440th as a registered name), most Amas are registered as Amalia, which ranked 502nd in 2025 with 80 babies.
Most people called Ama are registered as Amalia, and share that name's profile: the Amalia you are most likely to meet is around 6 years old. Half of all Amalias born in England and Wales are between 5 and 16, and there are at least 1,900 of them alive today. Only some Amalias go by Ama.
How many babies are named Ama or Amalia each year?
Combined registrations of Amalia, Ama. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does Amalia rank as a registered name?
Where does Ama rank as a registered name?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
Is Ama short for Amalia?
Yes - Ama is a shortened form of Amalia. Amas are usually registered as Amalia at birth.
When was the name Ama most popular?
The full name Amalia peaked in 2021, when 128 babies in England and Wales were given the name. Ama itself peaked as a registered name in 2007, with 16 babies.
How many people are called Ama?
There's no official count of people who go by Ama, because it's a nickname rather than a registered name. What we can say: at least 1,900 people registered as Amalia born in England and Wales are alive today, and some of them go by Ama.
How old is the typical Ama?
Most people called Ama are registered as Amalia. Most living Amalias are between 5 and 16; the most common age is about 6.
Is Ama becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.