Ama
Meaning
“Saturday-born female; an Akan (Twi/Asante) day name, traditionally linked to the Supreme Being”
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Ama has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
592 people · the #11,903 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 333,333 · median age 29
Among people named Ama living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 35 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Ama
Most people given the name Ama in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Ama deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Ama truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Ama fits with your family’s names and surname.
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