Amayah
Amaya is a female given name and surname of Spanish origins, derived from the village of Amaya and its neighboring mountain in Castile and León, Spain. The name of the village, in turn, has Indo-European roots and means "am (ma)" or "mother".
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Meaning & Origin of Amayah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Amaya is a female given name and surname of Spanish origins, derived from the village of Amaya and its neighboring mountain in Castile and León, Spain. The name of the village, in turn, has Indo-European roots and means "am (ma)" or "mother".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Amayah
The earliest SSA record of Amayah as a baby girl name dates back to 1998, when 5 babies received it. 2026 was its biggest year on record, with 448 newborns named Amayah — #658 in the national rankings. About 42% of every Amayah on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Amayah ranks #658 for baby girls with 448 births, rising sharply (+35% over the past five years). All told, over 6K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Amayah
Amayah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1998 and has accumulated 6K births in the dataset. Amayah's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #658. Use the chart and map above to compare Amayah's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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