Ameya

#3,067 for girls in 2025, 53 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 82.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
#2,773
2015 · 63 births
Debut · girls
1998
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
967
since 1998

Ameya over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202012peak #2,773, 2015peak #4,919, 2002girlsboys
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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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2025#3,06753#10,6956
2024#4,20734#10,9386
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2017#2,90357#8,8408
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2014#3,13752#12,1085
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2012#3,85440#12,2745
2011#4,46632#6,57812
2010#4,39733#8,8038
2009#5,22627#8,3109
2008#4,26836#5,76715
2007#4,21336#5,21017
2006#3,91938#5,30316
2005#6,52818#5,27815
2004#6,48918#5,81313
2003#6,05519#7,2459
2002#11,1088#4,91915
2001#9,35110#7,5368
2000#9,16310#9,1126
1999#9,4799#8,7046
1998#9,2609#8,4796
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First appearance
1998

The first year at least five girls were named Ameya! It came in at #9,260, and was given to 9 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1998–2002, when fewer than 11 girls a year got the name.

Where Ameya is popular in 2012

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,213 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,234 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #3,536 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 41,817 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Ameya, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Michigan#1,213 · 1 in 8,234
  2. California#3,536 · 1 in 41,817

Best ever in a state: #842 in Virginia, 2017.

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California#3,53651 in 41,817
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See more about Ameya
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,140 spots since 2024 (#4,207 → #3,067)
  • 52 spots since 2020 (#3,015 → #3,067)
  • 294 spots since 2015 (#2,773 → #3,067)
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1998
  • Peaked 2015 at #2,773 (63 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 28,335
  • Highest: 1 in 28,335 girls born in 2015 were named Ameya (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 30,326 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 48.1% of all girls named Ameya (465) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2003
  • Mostly boys until 2002, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s18#9,260 (1998)#9,370
2000s220#3,919 (2006)#6,632
2010s465#2,773 (2015)#3,501
2020s264#3,015 (2020)#3,574

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.

Ameya in 2012

girls
#3,854
40 births · 1 in 44,026 girls
boys
#12,274
5 births · 1 in 379,389 boys

Top girls' names in 2012

  1. #1Sophia22,336
  2. #2Emma20,976
  3. #3Isabella19,138
  4. #4Olivia17,333
  5. #5Ava15,549
  6. #6Emily13,666
  7. #7Abigail12,730
  8. #8Mia12,039
  9. #9Madison11,417
  10. #10Elizabeth9,730
  11. #3,854Ameya40

Top boys' names in 2012

  1. #1Jacob19,110
  2. #2Mason18,994
  3. #3Ethan17,697
  4. #4Noah17,385
  5. #5William16,917
  6. #6Liam16,824
  7. #7Michael16,211
  8. #8Jayden16,152
  9. #9Alexander15,259
  10. #10Aiden14,924
  11. #12,274Ameya5
More about 2012

girls

1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 44,026 of them was named Ameya, which outranked 80.3% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ameya
  1. #3,782Zaara41
  2. #3,782Zahraa41
  3. #3,782Zaylie41
  4. #3,854Ameya40
  5. #3,854Alianah40
  6. #3,854Anagha40
  7. #3,854Anasofia40
  8. #3,915Aashna39
  9. #3,915Adriel39
  10. #3,915Akeelah39

Tied with 60 names at #3,854; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2011
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,327Cataleya#4,807 → #480
  2. ↑ 1,931Adley#2,664 → #733
  3. ↑ 917Litzy#1,515 → #598
  4. ↑ 784Kenia#1,427 → #643
  5. ↑ 580Monroe#1,531 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 429Jaden#979 → #1,408
  2. ↓ 365Payten#994 → #1,359
  3. ↓ 326Yamilet#925 → #1,251
  4. ↓ 316Shaniya#915 → #1,231
  5. ↓ 264Shania#898 → #1,162

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

boys

1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 379,389 of them was named Ameya, which outranked 13.9% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ameya
  1. #10,770Zyen6
  2. #10,770Zymair6
  3. #10,770Zyren6
  4. #12,274Ameya5
  5. #12,274Aadrit5
  6. #12,274Aakarsh5
  7. #12,274Aalok5

Tied with 1,976 names at #12,274; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2011
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,237Jionni#2,105 → #868
  2. ↑ 551Foster#1,544 → #993
  3. ↑ 504Major#990 → #486
  4. ↑ 433Kase#1,395 → #962
  5. ↑ 428Jael#1,411 → #983
Fallers
  1. ↓ 241Jerimiah#889 → #1,130
  2. ↓ 235Lathan#932 → #1,167
  3. ↓ 229Jorden#676 → #905
  4. ↓ 209Kyron#886 → #1,095
  5. ↓ 207Jakobe#928 → #1,135

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

See the top 100 for 2012 →