Ama Girl
How popular is Ama?
#7,489 girl name in 2025
14 baby girls were named Ama in the US in 2025, making it the 7489th most popular girl name.
Ama popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #7,489 for girls (▼ 1098 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 14 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+8% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #8,443 in 2015, #8,401 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (25 girls) |
| Highest rank | #842 in 1885 |
| First recorded | 1885 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ama counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ama family of names ranked #2,789 for girls in 2025 (#2,813 the year before), with 37 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ama | 14 | 38% |
| Amai | 13 | 35% |
| Amma | 10 | 27% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ama is most popular
Babies named Ama per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Ama by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | #842 |
| 1890s | 27 | #1,236 |
| 1900s | 23 | #1,339 |
| 1910s | 86 | #2,143 |
| 1920s | 103 | #2,479 |
| 1930s | 54 | #2,689 |
| 1940s | 15 | #4,347 |
| 1950s | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1960s | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1970s | 96 | #4,299 |
| 1980s | 88 | #3,991 |
| 1990s | 128 | #5,477 |
| 2000s | 145 | #5,595 |
| 2010s | 165 | #5,161 |
| 2020s | 102 | #5,747 |
Girl names about as popular as Ama
Questions
- Is Ama a boy or girl name?
- Ama is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ama were girls.
- How popular is the name Ama?
- 14 baby girls were named Ama in the US in 2025, making it the 7489th most popular girl name.
- When was Ama most popular?
- Ama peaked in 2019, when 25 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #842 in 1885.
- How many people are named Ama?
- 1,050 babies have been named Ama in the US since 1880. We estimate about 750 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 24.
- Where is Ama most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ama was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.