Ama is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, United States.

[2] Ama was named in honor of Amazalie Perret, the postmaster's daughter.

According to the 2000 United States census, there were 1,285 people residing in Ama.

[2] At the 2019 American Community Survey, there were 79.8 males per 100 females and the median age among its population was 40.

[7] From 2010 census estimates to the 2020 census non-Hispanic or Latino whites and Black or African Americans have remained the largest racial and ethnic groups in the CDP,[8][2] although multiracial Americans were also prominent.