Ama

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ama: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ama: Recorded since 1997, it reached #1,372 in 2002, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1372highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#1802
1998	#2407
1999	#2770
2000	#2416
2001	#1728
2002	#1372
2003	#2727
2004	#3197
2005	#1589
2006	#1983
2007	#1573
2008	#2022
2009	#3422
2010	#2235
2011	#2150
2012	#2717
2013	#3160
2014	#3160
2016	#2547
2017	#4063
2018	#2499
2019	#4001
2020	#2449
2021	#5581
2022	#2673
2023	#4709
2024	#3318

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 27 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #1802 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1372 among girls in England and Wales, in 2002 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ama by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ama in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	20	3 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	100	10 of 10	10
2010s	76	9 of 10	8
2020s	33	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Ama appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1372 in England and Wales in 2002.

Ama's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2449	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2150	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2235	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2022	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1573	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1983	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1589	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1372	14	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1728	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1802	9	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,372, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
18 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,318position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
16births registered in its largest year, 2007Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Alyza · #1069, 16y
Alyzah · #3148, 10y
Amaal · #936, 27y
Amaan · #170, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Amnah · #1372, 28y
Anissa · #1372, 28y
Ilham · #1372, 28y
Bethel · #1371, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Amnah · #1372, 28y
Anissa · #1372, 28y
Ilham · #1372, 28y
Bethel · #1371, 24y

Ama and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ama without appearing here.

Ama moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4001 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2449 and #5493.
Donna Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5581 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2673 and #5669.
Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Ama

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #1286.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #1785.
Noah Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #2615 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #2201.
Linnea Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #3117 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #2711.

Moved the opposite way to Ama

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ama went from #1802 to #3318 while Ada went from #1543 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ama went from #1802 to #3318 while Alma went from #2411 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ama went from #1802 to #3318 while Alyssa went from #506 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ama went from #1802 to #3318 while Amalie went from #3824 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Ama

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ama went from #1802 to #3318 and Abigail from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ama went from #1802 to #3318 and Aimee from #61 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ama went from #1802 to #3318 and Aisling from #496 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ama went from #1802 to #3318 and Alex from #179 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1372 in England and Wales in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ama

Ama at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ama by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Ama at a glance

Ama by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ama appears in

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Ama and the names beside it

Ama moved ahead of

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