Girls' name · since 1999
Amaja
Amaja has 49 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #35,165 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 49
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Amaja sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 49 recorded since 1999.
Social Security Administration records show Amaja recorded 49 times among girls since 1999, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2020.
- #35,165 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 49 born since 1999
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amaja ranks #35,165 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 49 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.
- #35,165 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 49
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Amaja's 49 recorded births place it above 51.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Amaja's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Amaja splits its recorded history at 2003: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2003 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Amaja popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2020
- Peak year (2000)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Amaja by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (32 births, 65% of the file).
2000s was Amaja's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Amaja births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
32 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 32 births (65% of all-time use).
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- Amaja's decade-level peak was the 2000s (32 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Amaja: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~21 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, 1999–2020 (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 Amaja 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.