Amiyah
Amiyah was the 620th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 471 babies. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked 256th with 1,238 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 315 places. More babies were named Amiyah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning Origin not documented
Say it uh-MY-uh /əˈmaɪə/
- Rank in 2025
- #620 girls, down 302 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 471girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20161,238 babies
- Total since 1880
- 18,643babies recorded
What does the name Amiyah mean?
Amiyah is a modern American girl's name, recorded in the US since the 1990s. Wiktionary lists it without an etymology. It looks like a spelling of Amaya or Amia shaped by the -iyah ending of names such as Aaliyah, but no source consulted documents its origin, and no meaning is given here.
How sure is this? Not documented. Undocumented modern name.
Related names: Amaya, Amia, Mia.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Amiyah', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (usage history only), US Social Security Administration
Amiyah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #620 | 471 |
| 2020 | #318 | 998 |
| 2010 | #399 | 805 |
| 2000 | #1,381 | 135 |
| 1990 | — | — |
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| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Amiyah, counting every spelling?
Amiyah is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #516 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #620 for Amiyah on its own. Together these spellings went to 589 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amiyah | 471 | #620 | 3,341 |
| Amiya | 111 | #1,809 | 882 |
| Aamiyah | 7 | #11,936 | 64 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Amiyah?
471 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Amiyah (0.13 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Amiyah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 18 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Amiyah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Amiyah?
About 18,500 people born in the US named Amiyah are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 7 and 16. That makes Amiyah a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Amiyah by state
How common Amiyah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New Mexico (2.9×), South Carolina (2.4×), Mississippi (2.2×), Oklahoma (2.1×), West Virginia (1.9×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Oregon, Iowa, California.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Amiyah: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Amiyah, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Amiyah · Sibling names for Amiyah
Questions about the name Amiyah
How popular is the name Amiyah?
Amiyah was the 620th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 471 babies. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked 256th with 1,238 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 315 places. More babies were named Amiyah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Amiyah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Amiyah in the US.
Where is Amiyah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Amiyah was most common in New Mexico (1.19 per 1,000 girls), followed by South Carolina and Mississippi.