Amaya
Featured in baby name books
Amaya is a Japanese name meaning “night rain.”
Sources: Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
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Usage of Amaya in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Amaya against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Amaya is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Amaya in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 1,723 girls were named Amaya, making it the #180 girls' name in the US. Since 1972, 43,525 girls have been named Amaya, with the most (2,280) in 2018. It is most common, relative to births, in New Mexico, Oregon and Rhode Island.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Towns named Amaya
There are 55 towns and villages with Amaya in their name, in 14 countries.
🇧🇴 Bolivia 27🇲🇽 Mexico 10🇪🇸 Spain 4🇨🇴 Colombia 2🇵🇪 Peru 2🇺🇸 United States 2🇬🇹 Guatemala 1🇭🇳 Honduras 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Pablo Amaya | Chihuahua, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 453 | Map |
| Amaya Colonia | Texas, 🇺🇸 United States | 93 | Map |
| Rancho Amaya | Chihuahua, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 7 | Map |
| Adivino Amaya | Santa Cruz Department, 🇧🇴 Bolivia | – | Map |
| Al ‘Amāyā | Ta‘izz, 🇾🇪 Yemen | – | Map |
| Amaya | Cochabamba, 🇧🇴 Bolivia | – | Map |
| Amaya | Córdoba, 🇨🇴 Colombia | – | Map |
| Amaya | Castille and León, 🇪🇸 Spain | – | Map |
| Amaya | Escuintla, 🇬🇹 Guatemala | – | Map |
| Amaya | Samburu County, 🇰🇪 Kenya | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Amaya
There are 2 lakes and reservoirs with Amaya in their name, in 2 countries.
🇬🇹 Guatemala 1🇵🇪 Peru 1
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| Laguna Amaya | Escuintla, 🇬🇹 Guatemala | Map |
| Laguna Amaya | Loreto, 🇵🇪 Peru | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Amaya songs
One song on Wikidata has Amaya in its title:
- A Carmen Amaya – Salvador Massó i Simon
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Fictional characters named Amaya
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Amaya as a pet name
FurryName has found 29 dogs named Amaya in public pet registers, making it the #3,783 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Tacoma (1), Maple Ridge (1), Worcester (1). Amaya as a dog name →
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