Amaia

#554 for girls in 2025, 547 births

Peak · girls
2025 · 547 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,499
since 1993

Amaia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Amaia has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202020girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#554547
2024#601501
2023#627473
2022#628470
2021#643462
2020#565521
2019#763367
2018#770354
2017#1,027252
2016#1,278189
2015#1,416163
2014#2,04995
2013#2,06493
2012#2,07892
2011#1,953101
2010#2,36080
2009#2,041100
2008#2,33483
2007#2,50974
2006#2,55571
2005#2,31477
2004#2,55665
2003#2,77156
2002#2,78054
2001#3,04646
2000#2,85450
1999#4,44525
1998#5,79917
1997#10,8367
1996#9,5818
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First appearance
1993

The first year at least five girls were named Amaia! It came in at #11,780, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1994–1995, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Amaia is popular in 2020

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedNHWashington: #758 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,641 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedMNIllinois: #764 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,750 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedMINew York: #205 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 1,007 girlsNYMassachusetts: #342 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,491 girlsMARhode Island: #173 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 520 girlsRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedIAIndiana: #1,014 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,603 girlsINOhio: #1,274 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,984 girlsOHPennsylvania: #485 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 2,198 girlsPANew Jersey: #189 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 871 girlsNJConnecticut: #240 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 937 girlsCTCalifornia: #519 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 2,562 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedUTColorado: #621 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,693 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedWVVirginia: #904 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,877 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedDEArizona: #830 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,951 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,396 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,726 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedALGeorgia: #955 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,943 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Amaia, so not publishedHITexas: #492 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 2,317 girlsTXFlorida: #199 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 958 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Rhode Island#173 · 1 in 520
  2. New Jersey#189 · 1 in 871
  3. Florida#199 · 1 in 958
  4. New York#205 · 1 in 1,007
  5. Connecticut#240 · 1 in 937

Best ever in a state: #93 in Rhode Island, 2021.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#17351 in 520
New Jersey#189401 in 871
Florida#199841 in 958
New York#205791 in 1,007
Connecticut#240121 in 937
Massachusetts#342161 in 1,491
Pennsylvania#485221 in 2,198
Texas#492661 in 2,317
California#519681 in 2,562
Colorado#62181 in 2,693
Washington#75881 in 3,641
Illinois#764131 in 3,750
Arizona#83071 in 3,951
Virginia#90471 in 4,877
Georgia#95591 in 4,943
Indiana#1,01451 in 5,603
Ohio#1,27461 in 7,984
North Carolina#1,39651 in 8,726
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Amaia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 47 spots since 2024 (#601 → #554)
  • 11 spots since 2020 (#565 → #554)
  • 862 spots since 2015 (#1,416 → #554)
  • Biggest jump: 257 spots in 2018 (#1,027 → #770)
  • Biggest drop: 78 spots in 2021 (#565 → #643)
Rise & fade · girls
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1993
  • Peaked 2025 at #554 (547 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 2018–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,938
  • Highest: 1 in 2,938 girls born in 2025 were named Amaia (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 54.1% of all girls named Amaia (2,974) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s63#4,445 (1999)#8,488
2000s676#2,041 (2009)#2,576
2010s1,786#763 (2019)#1,576
2020s2,974#554 (2025)#603

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Amaia in 2020

girls
#565
521 births · 1 in 3,103 girls

Top girls' names in 2020

  1. #1Olivia17,691
  2. #2Emma15,723
  3. #3Ava13,201
  4. #4Sophia13,105
  5. #5Charlotte13,100
  6. #6Amelia12,802
  7. #7Isabella12,226
  8. #8Mia11,269
  9. #9Evelyn9,517
  10. #10Harper8,849
  11. #565Amaia521
More about 2020

girls

1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 3,103 of them was named Amaia, which outranked 96.8% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amaia
  1. #561Oaklyn523
  2. #561Priscilla523
  3. #564Kaliyah522
  4. #565Amaia521
  5. #565Mallory521
  6. #567Briar519
  7. #568Itzel518
  8. #569Novah517

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,492Avayah#2,428 → #936
  2. ↑ 950Denisse#1,802 → #852
  3. ↑ 818Jianna#1,668 → #850
  4. ↑ 609Capri#1,291 → #682
  5. ↑ 550Rosalia#1,287 → #737
Fallers
  1. ↓ 393Yaritza#813 → #1,206
  2. ↓ 271Seraphina#1,000 → #1,271
  3. ↓ 207Marissa#874 → #1,081
  4. ↓ 203Annabella#644 → #847
  5. ↓ 195Jayde#832 → #1,027

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2020 →