Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Ama

Gender

Female

Origin

African
Females born on Saturday, Happy
Born on Saturday (Ghanaian)
Norse
Eagle

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Nature

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Ama

Pronunciation

a-ma

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #5160, 25 births); most recent 2025 (rank #7491, 14 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
202514
202418
202321
202219
202118
202012
201925
201819
201719
201616

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #4783, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2007 (rank #1575, 16 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2439, 11 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025–11
2024–7
2023–4
202239
2021–3
2020–10
2019–5
2018–10
2017–5
2016–10

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #2864, 9 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2962, 8 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
20238
20229
20217
20209
20194
20184
20178
20166
20153
20143

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence