Amayah

What Amayah means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Amayah yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1998, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Amayah?

US: Rising: up from #1049 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #625 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 419 girls got the name (#704 that year). First in the US records in 1998.

How common

• About 1 in 4,976 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,202 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MS (0.56 per 1,000 girls), MA (0.54 per 1,000 girls), FL (0.43 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Amayah is #841 in the US and #371 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Amayah were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Amaya1,723 US · 398 E&W
• Amiyah471 US · 72 E&W
• Amiya111 US · 16 E&W
• Amya92 US
• Ameya53 US · 18 E&W
• Amaiyah35 US · 20 E&W
• Amaiya32 US · 17 E&W
• Amyah49 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Amayah

Girls

• Emersyn#138Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #138 vs #3,705 in 2025
• Serenity#129Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #129 vs #997 in 2025
• Gia#287Editor’s note Up from #372 in 2015 to #287 in 2025 in the US
• Ava#11Editor’s note Down from #4 in 2015 to #11 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 210 US girls in the 2025 records
• Sofia#9“wisdom, especially divine wisdom”^*
• Avery#37Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Avery in 2025 were girls

For a brother

• Zion#142Editor’s note Up from #227 in 2015 to #142 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 680 US boys in the 2025 records
• Simon#230“sixpence coin”^*
• Xander#259Diminutive of Alexander, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Maximus#275Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1997, with 5 babies
• Owen#31Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #31 vs #170 in 2025
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Amayah’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.