Amayah Girl

How popular is Amayah?

#841 girl name in 2025

323 baby girls were named Amayah in the US in 2025, making it the 841st most popular girl name.

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5,624living people named Amayah (est.)
9median age of people named Amayah
5,653babies named Amayah since 1880
1 in 10,264US babies born in 2025

Amayah popularity over time

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Rank in 2025#841 for girls (▼ 141 from 2024)
Babies in 2025323 girls
10-year trendRising (+29% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#1,049 in 2015, #929 in 2020
Peak year2022 (419 girls)
Highest rank#700 in 2024
First recorded1998
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Amayah counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Amaya family of names ranked #124 for girls in 2025 (#122 the year before), with 2,665 babies in all.

SpellingGirls in 2025Share
Amaya 1,723 65%
Amaia 547 21%
Amayah 323 12%
Amaiah 65 2%
Ahmaya 7 0%

Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.

Where Amayah is most popular

Babies named Amayah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. New Mexico: 0.6 per 1,000 (14 girls)
  2. Florida: 0.5 per 1,000 (205 girls)
  3. Massachusetts: 0.5 per 1,000 (57 girls)
  4. Rhode Island: 0.4 per 1,000 (5 girls)
  5. Connecticut: 0.3 per 1,000 (20 girls)

Amayah by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1990s30#4,440
2000s1,026#1,317
2010s2,549#771
2020s2,048#700

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Questions

Is Amayah a boy or girl name?
Amayah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Amayah were girls.
How popular is the name Amayah?
323 baby girls were named Amayah in the US in 2025, making it the 841st most popular girl name.
When was Amayah most popular?
Amayah peaked in 2022, when 419 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #700 in 2024.
How many people are named Amayah?
5,653 babies have been named Amayah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,624 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
Where is Amayah most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Amayah was most common in New Mexico, at 0.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.