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How popular is the name Amaya?

Births per year, rank history and how many Amayas are alive today.

Amaya (female) sits just outside the top 100 girls' names in England and Wales, ranked 122nd in 2025 with 398 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2020, when 473 babies were given the name, the 107th most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade. At least 6,000 babies have been named Amaya in England and Wales since 1997.

The Amaya you are most likely to meet is around 7 years old. Half of all Amayas born in England and Wales are between 4 and 12, and there are at least 6,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 1.9% chance that at least one of them will be called Amaya.

How many babies are named Amaya each year?

0200400200020201997: 61998: 51999: 42000: 122001: 152002: 172003: 212004: 272005: 332006: 502007: 682008: 872009: 1112010: 1402011: 1912012: 2102013: 2562014: 2332015: 3322016: 3492017: 3932018: 4352019: 4582020: 4732021: 4232022: 3952023: 4232024: 4462025: 398actual

Where does Amaya rank among girls' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201997: ranked 2,4111998: ranked 2,7011999: ranked 3,2252000: ranked 1,4752001: ranked 1,3052002: ranked 1,1922003: ranked 1,0832004: ranked 9482005: ranked 8512006: ranked 6392007: ranked 5442008: ranked 4642009: ranked 3792010: ranked 3342011: ranked 2552012: ranked 2382013: ranked 1982014: ranked 2202015: ranked 1652016: ranked 1592017: ranked 1372018: ranked 1232019: ranked 1132020: ranked 1072021: ranked 1192022: ranked 1272023: ranked 1152024: ranked 1042025: ranked 122

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.

Chart: babies named Amaya per year in England and Wales, 1997 to 2025, peaking at about 473 in 2020
Amaya: births per year in England and Wales, 1997-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Amaya most popular?

Amaya peaked in 2020, when 473 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Amaya?

At least 6,000 people named Amaya born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Amaya?

Most living Amayas are between 4 and 12; the most common age is about 7.

Is Amaya becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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