Amaya

Amaya

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Spanish

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

Amaya first appears in the data in 1997 and has been recorded in 20 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 349 babies (rank #159 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Amaya

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

5Destiny numberThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
4PersonalityThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

2,167

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

349

Peak in a single year

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1997	6	#2,430
1998	5	#2,720
1999	4	#3,269
2000	12	#1,481
2001	15	#1,314
2002	17	#1,196
2003	21	#1,087
2004	27	#949
2005	33	#852
2006	50	#639
2007	68	#544
2008	87	#464
2009	111	#379
2010	140	#334
2011	191	#255
2012	210	#238
2013	256	#198
2014	233	#220
2015	332	#165
2016	349	#159

Year

Babies

Rank

1997

#2,430

1998

#2,720

1999

#3,269

2000

#1,481

2001

#1,314

2002

#1,196

2003

#1,087

2004

#949

2005

#852

2006

#639

2007

#544

2008

#464

2009

111

#379

2010

140

#334

2011

191

#255

2012

210

#238

2013

256

#198

2014

233

#220

2015

332

#165

2016

349

#159

Meaning

Numerology of Amaya

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail