Girl's name
Amaya
Say it uh-MY-uh
Spanish origin the end
3 syllables
Where Amaya is loved, common and rare
Common across Switzerland and four German cities. Rare in Canada, Britain, Cologne and nine more places.
1 in 636 girls born in England and Wales in 2025
Switzerland 71stBerlin 85thMunich 86th
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Every place
In 20 of the 40 official lists, among them Switzerland (71st), Berlin (85th) and Munich (86th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 71st 2025 | 94 | 1 in 362 |
| Berlin city | 85th 2023 | 37 | about 1 in 392 |
| Munich city | 86th 2025 | 16 | about 1 in 262 |
| British Columbia province | 103rd 2023 | 28 | about 1 in 427 |
| England and Wales | 122nd 2025 | 398 | 1 in 636 |
| Cologne city | 122nd 2023 | 10 | about 1 in 614 |
| The Netherlands | 131st 2025 | 114 | about 1 in 535 |
| France | 144th 2025 | 365 | 1 in 786 |
| Austria | 150th 2025 | 41 | 1 in 871 |
| Quebec province | 162nd 2025 | 35 | about 1 in 743 |
| Ontario province | 204th 2024 | 58 | about 1 in 939 |
| Scotland | 242nd 2025 | 15 | 1 in 1,193 |
| Catalonia region | 260th 2025 | 14 | 1 in 1,376 |
| Ireland | 273rd 2025 | 15 | 1 in 1,408 |
| Poland | 352nd 2025 | 10 | 1 in 11,979 |
| Sweden | 421st 2025 | 16 | about 1 in 2,511 |
| Italy | 954th 2024 | 10 | 1 in 17,917 |
| Bonn city | 90th 2025 | 7 | about 1 in 431 |
| Rostock city | 92nd 2025 | 2 | about 1 in 492 |
| Leipzig city | 212th 2025 | 2 | about 1 in 1,312 |
Rare, below the listed names: Northern Ireland, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Hungary, Slovenia and Israel.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Sources: Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya) (Catalonia); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn); Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock (opendata-hro.de) (Rostock); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig). How we count, and every source
About the name
Amaya comes from literature. It is the heroine of the Spanish historical novel Amaya o los vascos del siglo VIII by F. Navarro Villoslada, and the name is explained there as Basque amai, 'the end'.
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Three syllables, said uh-MY-uh, with the stress in the middle. Amaia is the Basque spelling, and Anaya and Maya are similar in sound.
It is climbing in every region where it is tracked and falling in none. It is used in British Columbia, England and Wales, and Quebec, and on the continent in Switzerland, the Netherlands and France. French records show a first appearance back in the 1940s but a peak only in 2025, so it has spent most of its history as a rare name and only recently become a popular one.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- uh-MY-uh, 3 syllables
- Meaning
the end
- Origin
- Spanish
- Other spellings
- Amaia
- Anaya
- Maya
Etymology
Heroine of a Spanish historical novel Amaya o los vascos del siglo VIII (1877) by F. Navarro Villoslada, explained as Basque amai (“the end”).
From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 14 of 18 regions, falling in none.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 159 | 137 | 123 | 113 | 107 | 119 | 127 | 115 | 104 | 122 |
| Scotland | 311 | 289 | 234 | 304 | 313 | 363 | 248 | 263 | 315 | 242 |
| Northern Ireland | 273 | 336 | 397 | 305 | 302 | 288 | ||||
| Ireland | 430 | 734 | 551 | 444 | 764 | 559 | 727 | 320 | 273 | |
| Ontario | 181 | 211 | 139 | 186 | 138 | 187 | 152 | 155 | 204 | |
| British Columbia | 96 | 100 | 158 | 170 | 106 | 117 | 134 | 103 | ||
| South Australia | 174 | 223 | ||||||||
| Quebec | 831 | 651 | 514 | 472 | 165 | 163 | 188 | 170 | 139 | 162 |
| France | 546 | 462 | 378 | 383 | 316 | 315 | 287 | 247 | 224 | 144 |
| The Netherlands | 412 | 348 | 378 | 437 | 455 | 374 | 281 | 169 | 131 | |
| Austria | 1054 | 860 | 881 | 476 | 529 | 597 | 257 | 204 | 117 | 150 |
| Switzerland | 515 | 640 | 371 | 321 | 219 | 195 | 121 | 86 | 71 | 71 |
| Berlin | 542 | 281 | 814 | 298 | 978 | 188 | 204 | 85 | ||
| Munich | 208 | 110 | 226 | 148 | 86 | |||||
| Cologne | 370 | 939 | 918 | 684 | 320 | 223 | 213 | 122 | ||
| Bonn | 314 | 365 | 158 | 132 | 186 | 117 | 68 | 52 | 90 | |
| Leipzig | 411 | 411 | 265 | 405 | 215 | 143 | 212 | |||
| Rostock | 202 | 99 | 92 | |||||||
| Sweden | 539 | 387 | 529 | 277 | 421 | |||||
| Catalonia | 261 | 399 | 218 | 375 | 245 | 340 | 244 | 271 | 425 | 260 |
| Italy | 1368 | 715 | 954 | |||||||
| Poland | 711 | 491 | 454 | 570 | 540 | 374 | 352 |
England and Wales, 1997 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 122 | 398 | 157.1 |
| 2024 | 104 | 446 | 172.9 |
| 2023 | 115 | 423 | 164.9 |
| 2022 | 127 | 395 | 149.9 |
| 2021 | 119 | 423 | 154.4 |
| 2020 | 107 | 473 | 176.2 |
| 2019 | 113 | 458 | 163.5 |
| 2018 | 123 | 435 | 150.9 |
| 2017 | 137 | 393 | 131.4 |
| 2016 | 159 | 349 | 113.6 |
| 2015 | 165 | 332 | 107.8 |
| 2014 | 220 | 233 | 76.0 |
| 2013 | 198 | 256 | 83.0 |
| 2012 | 238 | 210 | 65.2 |
| 2011 | 255 | 191 | 59.4 |
| 2010 | 334 | 140 | 43.6 |
| 2009 | 379 | 111 | 35.4 |
| 2008 | 464 | 87 | 27.6 |
| 2007 | 544 | 68 | 22.2 |
| 2006 | 639 | 50 | 16.7 |
| 2005 | 851 | 33 | 11.4 |
| 2004 | 948 | 27 | 9.4 |
| 2003 | 1083 | 21 | 7.5 |
| 2002 | 1192 | 17 | 6.4 |
| 2001 | 1305 | 15 | 5.6 |
| 2000 | 1475 | 12 | 4.4 |
| 1999 | 3225 | 4 | 1.4 |
| 1998 | 2701 | 5 | 1.7 |
| 1997 | 2411 | 6 | 2.0 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
France since 1925
Half of the babies named Amaya in France since 1925 were born in or after 2019. First recorded in 1942. Her peak year there: 2025, at 127.3 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Amaya per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period.
Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (1900-2025), Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.
Sister names for Amaya
1 in 564 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Amaya. Same first letter as Amaya.
1 in 1,627 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Amaya.
1 in 924 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Amaya.
1 in 394 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Amaya.
1 in 1,214 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Amaya.
1 in 320 in Scotland
1 in 1,041 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Amaya.
1 in 778 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Amaya.
1 in 1,625 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Amaya.
1 in 1,491 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Amaya. Same first letter as Amaya.
Middle names for Amaya
1 in 107 in Northern Ireland
Amaya Charlotte
3-2 beats · initials AC
Changes the beat after Amaya: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 86 in Ireland
Amaya Sophie
3-2 beats · initials AS
Changes the beat after Amaya: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Amaya Grace
3-1 beats · initials AG
Changes the beat after Amaya: 3 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Amaya Olivia
3-4 beats · initials AO · Amaya slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Amaya: 3 syllables, then 4 syllables. Amaya slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 102 in Ireland
Amaya Mia
3-2 beats · initials AM
Changes the beat after Amaya: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 132 in Northern Ireland
Amaya Ruby
3-2 beats · initials AR
Changes the beat after Amaya: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Amaya Rose
3-1 beats · initials AR
Changes the beat after Amaya: 3 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 173 in Northern Ireland
Amaya Nora
3-2 beats · initials AN
Changes the beat after Amaya: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
Same style as Amaya
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 473 in England and Wales
97% alike: moves with Amaya across countries and decades.
1 in 564 in England and Wales
95% alike: moves with Amaya across countries and decades.
1 in 1,491 in Scotland
95% alike: moves with Amaya across countries and decades.
1 in 1,625 in Ireland
95% alike: moves with Amaya across countries and decades.
1 in 1,634 in England and Wales
95% alike: moves with Amaya across countries and decades.
1 in 2,429 in Northern Ireland
95% alike: moves with Amaya across countries and decades.
1 in 852 in Scotland
95% alike: moves with Amaya across countries and decades.
1 in 1,193 in Scotland
95% alike: moves with Amaya across countries and decades.
Famous people named Amaya
Amaya Valdemoro.
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Spanish basketball player (born 1976)
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Amaya
5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Amaya?
Her best rank is No. 71 in Switzerland in 2025, about 1 in 362 girls. She is in the published lists of 20 of our 40 regions.
What does Amaya mean?
Wiktionary glosses Amaya as "the end".
How do you pronounce Amaya?
uh-MY-uh, with 3 syllables.
Is Amaya getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 14 of 18 regions, falling in none.
Which sister names go with Amaya?
The deck's top five sisters for Amaya: Amara, Yara, Noor, Lyra and Malia. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.