Ama is a rare variant of Amy that peaked in 2019 and remains in steady use.
Ama is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #7,506 for girl births in the United States (and #12,947 across all names), given to 14 babies. Ama first appears in 1885 and peaked in 2019 (25 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | 14 | #7,506 |
| 2024 | 18 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2023 | 21 | 21 | #5,767 |
| 2022 | 19 | 19 | #6,247 |
| 2021 | 18 | 18 | #6,430 |
| 2020 | 12 | 12 | #8,442 |
| 2019 | 25 | 25 | #5,171 |
| 2018 | 19 | 19 | #6,264 |
| 2017 | 19 | 19 | #6,307 |
| 2016 | 16 | 16 | #7,257 |
| 2015 | 13 | 13 | #8,484 |
| 2014 | 16 | 16 | #7,327 |
| 2013 | 18 | 18 | #6,740 |
| 2012 | 18 | 18 | #6,891 |
| 2011 | 10 | 10 | #10,429 |
| 2010 | 11 | 11 | #9,832 |
| 2009 | 12 | 12 | #9,411 |
| 2008 | 16 | 16 | #7,765 |
| 2007 | 14 | 14 | #8,550 |
| 2006 | 15 | 15 | #7,895 |
| 2005 | 22 | 22 | #5,607 |
| 2004 | 11 | 11 | #9,294 |
| 2003 | 16 | 16 | #6,907 |
| 2002 | 11 | 11 | #8,874 |
| 2001 | 13 | 13 | #7,754 |
| 2000 | 15 | 15 | #6,829 |
| 1999 | 16 | 16 | #6,205 |
| 1998 | 13 | 13 | #7,127 |
| 1997 | 17 | — | #5,640 |
| 1996 | 14 | — | #6,412 |
| 1995 | 7 | — | #10,575 |
| 1994 | 13 | — | #6,694 |
| 1993 | 11 | — | #7,516 |
| 1992 | 17 | — | #5,492 |
| 1991 | 7 | — | #10,311 |
| 1990 | 13 | — | #6,476 |
| 1989 | 6 | — | #10,908 |
| 1988 | 9 | — | #7,714 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | #11,376 |
| 1986 | 12 | — | #5,769 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | #9,347 |
| 1984 | 11 | — | #5,918 |
| 1983 | 13 | — | #5,156 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | #8,158 |
| 1980 | 19 | — | #3,999 |
| 1979 | 11 | — | #5,764 |
| 1978 | 10 | — | #5,971 |
| 1977 | 12 | — | #5,220 |
| 1976 | 7 | — | #7,315 |
| 1975 | 9 | — | #5,995 |
| 1974 | 12 | — | #4,731 |
| 1973 | 11 | — | #4,880 |
| 1972 | 13 | — | #4,304 |
| 1971 | 6 | — | #7,409 |
| 1970 | 5 | — | #8,019 |
| 1968 | 6 | — | #6,269 |
| 1956 | 5 | — | #5,978 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | #5,264 |
| 1945 | 5 | — | #4,581 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | #4,377 |
| 1939 | 5 | — | #4,266 |
| 1938 | 7 | — | #3,465 |
| 1937 | 5 | — | #4,272 |
| 1935 | 5 | — | #4,232 |
| 1933 | 5 | — | #4,243 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | #3,912 |
| 1931 | 10 | — | #2,758 |
| 1930 | 11 | — | #2,693 |
| 1929 | 12 | — | #2,590 |
| 1928 | 9 | — | #3,176 |
| 1927 | 9 | — | #3,291 |
| 1926 | 7 | — | #3,883 |
| 1925 | 11 | — | #2,950 |
| 1924 | 12 | — | #2,814 |
| 1923 | 5 | — | #4,992 |
| 1922 | 14 | — | #2,485 |
| 1921 | 11 | — | #2,953 |
| 1920 | 13 | — | #2,595 |
| 1919 | 12 | — | #2,646 |
| 1918 | 14 | — | #2,380 |
| 1917 | 11 | — | #2,702 |
| 1916 | 14 | — | #2,253 |
| 1915 | 10 | — | #2,698 |
| 1914 | 7 | — | #2,892 |
| 1912 | 8 | — | #2,159 |
| 1911 | 5 | — | #2,485 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | #2,420 |
| 1907 | 5 | — | #2,081 |
| 1905 | 5 | — | #1,944 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | #1,664 |
| 1901 | 7 | — | #1,343 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | #1,610 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | #1,603 |
| 1894 | 7 | — | #1,242 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | #1,448 |
| 1891 | 5 | — | #1,344 |
| 1885 | 7 | — | #846 |