# Amata (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/amata/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “loved”, “beloved”, “love” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Latin amāta (“loved, beloved”); feminine perfect passive participle of amāre (“love”). It can also be interpreted as the feminine form of the saint's name Amātus.

## What it means

Amata is grouped under love.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6 | 14,462 |

## People named Amata

- Amata Kabua, former President of the Marshall Islands (1928-1996)
- Amata Coleman Radewagen, American Samoan politician (born 1947)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.