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“The end (Basque); or mother city” — Basque or Indo-European, via Spanish origin
Girl's name · #180 in the US (2025) · 2020s
Amaya reached its best rank, #129, in 2018 and ranked #180 in 2025. In a single year its births jumped from about 120 in 1998 to 700 in 1999 — the year Amaya Brecher appeared on The Real World: Hawaii. Together with its spelling variants Amaia (#555) and Amayah (#841), Amaya would rank around #102 with about 2,600 births last year — the newborns split about 67/21/12 across Amaya, Amaia, and Amayah.
Around the world: #54 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #71 in Switzerland (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 47 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 77 notable people named Amaya:
Sports figures appear 2.44× more often than among typical names — e.g. Amaya Valdemoro, Spanish basketball player.
Similar names: Amaia · Ximena · Amari · Kaia · Alora · Maya
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