first name
AMAYA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 29,006 people named Amaya, 36.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 30.2% as Black and 15.1% as White. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Amaya peaked in 2018, when 2,280 babies got the name.
At least 43,547 babies have been given the name since 1972. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Amaya by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #381. The largest share of babies named Amaya, 52.1%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Amaya is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Amaya has been most common in Nevada (3.5×), Arizona (2.7×), and New Mexico (2.3×), and least common in West Virginia (0.27×).
42,586 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Amaya
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Amaya, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Amaya ranks #949 of 156,621, with 36,144 people. See Amaya as a last name
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