Amaia

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Amaya is a female given name and surname of Spanish origins, derived from the village of Amaya and its neighboring mountain in Castile and León, Spain. The name of the village, in turn, has Indo-European roots and means "am" or "mother".

From Wikipedia

Amaia first appears in the data in 1993 and has been recorded in 30 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2020 with 521 babies (rank #565 that year). In 2024 it was given to 500 girls (rank #600). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Amaia

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Amaia yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

4,951
Total babies (all years)
30
Years in the data
521
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19936#11,838
19968#9,623
19977#10,911
199817#5,813
199925#4,454
200050#2,857
200146#3,047
200254#2,782
200356#2,771
200465#2,556
200577#2,314
200671#2,556
200774#2,511
200883#2,335
2009100#2,041
201080#2,362
2011101#1,953
201292#2,081
201393#2,064
201495#2,050
2015163#1,417
2016189#1,280
2017252#1,027
2018354#770
2019367#763
2020521#565
2021462#643
2022470#628
2023473#625
2024500#600