Ameya
#3,070 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Ameya has been given to 1,170 babies in the U.S. since 1998. In 2025 it ranked #3,070 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 63 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 83% girls, 17% boys all-time.
Babies named Ameya, 2025
1 in 62,600
Ameya over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Ameya over time
In 2025, Ameya went to 90% girls and 10% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Ameya?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 62,600
- 53 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 30,300
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #3,070
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 43,358 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Ameya sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 43,358 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ameya. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Ameyas were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Ameya was born before 2015 — so the typical Ameya is around 10 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 48.1% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 97.1%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 967
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 48.1% of all recorded uses (465).
Is Ameya rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- +1,142
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −49
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −290
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.84×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 84.1%
- Peak was 2015 (63)
- Years since peak
- 10
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 20.2% average annual change
Spellings of Ameya
Ameya is not the most common spelling — Amy is, with 28.2% against Ameya's 0.04%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Ameya is used — girls
Across 2016–2025, Ameya was most concentrated in Washington — about 1 in 25,000 girls, against 1 in 43,389 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Washington1 in 25,000
- 2California1 in 33,333
- 3New Jersey1 in 33,333
- 4Texas1 in 33,333
- 5North Carolina1 in 50,000
- 6Virginia1 in 50,000
- 7Florida1 in 100,000
- 8Illinois1 in 100,000
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Where Ameya is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Ameya was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,584,791 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ameya has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Ameya around the world
Where Ameya ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales2004–2025#1,639in 2025
- Ireland2011–2025#608in 2025
- France2022–2025#5,608in 2025
- Canada2011–2024#1,968in 2024
- South Australia2005–2013#818in 2013
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Ameya by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Ameya
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Ameya
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.