Ameya
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/eɪmjə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ameya is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 252K(measured from records)
- NANamibia≈1 in 108K
- AOAngola≈1 in 188K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 175 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 108K (inferred from the name graph)
1,319 people, 2020
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Namibia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ameya counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 1,319 | 1 in 252K | 701 | Ameya | 175 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈580 est. | ≈1 in 459K | — | Ameya | 8 |
| AO Angola | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 188K | — | Ameya | 1 |
| AU Australia | ≈92 est. | ≈1 in 277K | 1 | Ameya | 39 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈76 est. | ≈1 in 871K | listed | Ameya | 58 |
| NA Namibia | ≈24 est. | ≈1 in 108K | 1 | — | 1 |
| SG Singapore | ≈23 est. | ≈1 in 273K | — | Ameya | 10 |
1,319 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); the gb-nisra-baby-names-ni register; ECN Government Gazette 8791 — 2025 local authority candidates. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ameya Narendra Heteb. 1975INIndian businessperson (born 1975, child of Narendra Narayan Hete)
- Ameya Ashok Chandavarkarb. 1978INIndian businessperson (born 1978, child of Ashok Anand Chandavarkar)
- Ameya Pawarb. 1980USAmerican politician
- Ameya Inder Jainb. 1987INIndian businessperson (born 1987, child of Inderkumar Kesarimal Jain)
- Ameya Shroffb. 1990INIndian businessperson (born 1990, child of Sanjiv Shroff)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 26 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 701 | #10,207 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 618 | #10,207 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2015 | 63 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2017 | 57 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2016 | 56 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 53 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2020 | 53 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2014 | 52 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2021 | 50 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2013 | 46 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2018 | 44 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2019 | 42 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Ameya?
- A machine transcription gives /eɪmjə/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- Is Ameya a male or female name?
- Ameya is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Ameya have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 1.3 thousand people named Ameya, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ameya.
- How common is the name Ameya?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,319 people named Ameya in 2020, about 1 in 252 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Ameya?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ameyaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ameya”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.