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Ameya

Girl

Meaning of Ameya: Sanskrit: 'boundless or immeasurable'

Ameya is a girl's name most strongly associated with Indian naming. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 2741st most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 1672nd in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#2741

59 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#1672

18 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

1,170

First recorded 1990 · peak 2017

Trend

stable

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 0 babies1982: 0 babies1983: 0 babies1984: 0 babies1985: 0 babies1986: 0 babies1987: 0 babies1988: 0 babies1989: 0 babies1990: 7 babies19901991: 5 babies1992: 0 babies1993: 0 babies1994: 6 babies1995: 0 babies1996: 0 babies1997: 0 babies1998: 15 babies1999: 15 babies2000: 16 babies20002001: 18 babies2002: 23 babies2003: 28 babies2004: 31 babies2005: 33 babies2006: 54 babies2007: 53 babies2008: 51 babies2009: 36 babies2010: 41 babies20102011: 44 babies2012: 45 babies2013: 46 babies2014: 57 babies2015: 63 babies2016: 56 babies2017: 65 babies2018: 44 babies2019: 42 babies2020: 53 babies20202021: 50 babies2022: 39 babies2023: 35 babies2024: 40 babies2025: 59 babies
US babies named Ameya per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 65.

Gender split

17% boys · 83% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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