Spellings
Amaya or Amaia?
In the US in 2025, 64% of babies in this name family were spelled Amaya and 20% Amaia. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Amaya already led in 2015, with 76% of the family's births; it has 64% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 2,022 to 2,690 births (+33%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amaya | 1,528 | 1,723 | +13% |
| Amaia | 163 | 547 | ×3 |
| Amayah | 251 | 323 | +29% |
| Amaiah | 27 | 65 | ×2 |
| Amaiya | 53 | 32 | −40% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /əˈmaɪə/ (uh-MY-uh). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Amaya 365 births (#144 among girls), Amaia 95 births (#494 among girls) and Amayah 25 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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