Amaya: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced ah-MAH-yuh · 3 syllables

Amaya means “the end”, from Spanish.

Heroine of a Spanish historical novel Amaya o los vascos del siglo VIII (1877) by F. Navarro Villoslada, explained as Basque amai (“the end”).

How popular is Amaya?

Amaya was the #180 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,723 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2020.

Babies named Amaya in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2020).

Half of US adults named Amaya are older than 22; most are between 18 and 27. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

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Amaya means “the end”. It comes from Spanish.

Amaya is pronounced ah-MAH-yuh.

Amaya was the #180 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,723 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Amaya are older than 22. Most are between 18 and 27.