Girls' name · since 1993
Amaia
Amaia has 5,499 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,417 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #555 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,499
- born since 1993
- 2020s
- peak decade
Amaia currently ranks #555 among girls' names in America, with 5,499 babies recorded since 1993.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amaia has been recorded 5,499 times among girls since 1993, currently ranked #555 nationally and more common than 97% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #2,417 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #555 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,499 born since 1993
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amaia ranks #2,417 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #555 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,499 born since 1993, peaking in the 2020s.
- #2,417 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #555 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,499
- born since 1993
- 2020s
- peak decade
Amaia's 5,499 recorded births place it above 96.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
31 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Amaia compares
5,499 Top 13% higher than 87% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Amaia's all-time total is 15x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Amaia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,499 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 547 | 21 | 19,840 |
Amaia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Amaia's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 87% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 13%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1993, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 547, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Amaia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 547
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Amaia by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (2,974 births, 54% of the file).
2020s was Amaia's strongest decade.
2,974 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Amaia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 63
1990s
63 births
- 2000s 676
2000s
676 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,786 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,974 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 2,974 births (54% of all-time use).
How Amaia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Amaia's total volume
Amaia by state
Where Amaia concentrates geographically, total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 845 | 15.4% |
| #2 | California | | 646 | 11.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 611 | 11.1% |
| #4 | Texas | | 588 | 10.7% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 271 | 4.9% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 182 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 166 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 111 | 2.0% |
845 of 5,499 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Amaia appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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- Florida records the most Amaias (845 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Amaia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~32 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1993–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Amaia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.