Ameya
Ayilya Gopalakrishnan, known professionally as Ananya, is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Malayalam and Tamil language films as well as in a few Telugu and Kannada films. She is also a singer and an archer.
Meaning & Origin of Ameya
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ayilya Gopalakrishnan, known professionally as Ananya, is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Malayalam and Tamil language films as well as in a few Telugu and Kannada films. She is also a singer and an archer.
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The Story of Ameya
As a girl name
Ameya first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1998, with 9 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2015: 63 births, good for #2,771 nationwide. About 48% of every Ameya on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Ameya ranks #4,731 for girls with 28 births, falling sharply (-32%). All told, over 973 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Ameya as a boy name dates back to 1990, when 7 babies received it. 2007 was its biggest year on record, with 17 newborns named Ameya — #5,208 in the national rankings. About 62% of every Ameya on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Ameya last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 197 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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Popularity by State
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About the name Ameya
Ameya is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1998 and has accumulated 973 births in the dataset. Ameya's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #2,771. Use the chart and map above to compare Ameya'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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