Adah vs Ameya
Adah and Ameyacompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
In 2025, Adah was ranked #718 and Ameya #608 among girls in Republic of Ireland.
England and Wales · Girls
In 2024, Adah was ranked #3015 and Ameya #1672 among girls in England and Wales.
Adah and Ameya over time
Adah and Ameya appear together in 1 published list, across 16 years of shared records. Ameya held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Adah in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Ameya reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Adah in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
How this pair is related
The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Adah and Ameya changed places 4 times in England and Wales · Girls between 2008 and 2024, ending at #3015 and #1672.
List by list
England and Wales · Girls16 shared years, 2008–2024
Adah held the stronger position in 2 of those years, Ameya in 12.
Highest recorded here: Adah #1449 in 2020, Ameya #1501 in 2014.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2024: Adah #3015, Ameya #1672.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Adah | Ameya |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | female | female |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE | GB-ENW, IE |
| Most recent popularity observation | Republic of Ireland · Girls #718 (2025) | Republic of Ireland · Girls #608 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Adah and Ameya both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, IE.
How each name got here
Adah
Popularity journey
First recorded2004
First recorded at #677 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2017–2023
Highest recorded position: #355 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2017 (recorded 2017–2023).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Ameya
Popularity journey
First recorded2003
First recorded at #3467 among boys in England and Wales in 2003 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2011–2025
Highest recorded position: #608 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025 (recorded 2011–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #608 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls