Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Amai

Gender

Female

Origin

Unknown
African
"Mother" and "woman" in Shona, a language spoken in Zimbabwe

Syllables

2

Celebrity Babies

daughter of Marlon Wayans (Amai Zackary)

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #3149, 38 births); most recent 2025 (rank #5861, 15 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #5984, 20 births); most recent 2025 (rank #7885, 13 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20251513
20243814
2023–14
2022–17
2021516
2020515
2019–20
2018–13
2017–15
2016–5

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 2025 (rank #4970, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
20253
20243
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

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