Girl
Amaya
The name Amaya carries the meaning "Japanese, night rain", with roots in Japanese. It is having a real moment, more popular in the 2000s than ever before. These days, it is neither rare nor overly common. The name's best year yet was 2003.
JapaneseJapanese – "night rain"
BasqueAlso Basque place name – "high place"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
0
1930s
0
1940s
0
1950s
0
1960s
0
1970s
40
1980s
103
1990s
1,106
2000s
15,262
2010s
11,895
Peaked in the 2000s · 28,406 total U.S. births since 1900