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Girl name

Amayah

100% girls · #841 in the US for girls, 2025

Amayah has been given to about 5,653 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2022, which makes it a current name.

Meaning
Origin
Syllables2
Pronunciation
Nicknames
Living in the US≈ 5,623
Median age today9 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Amayah per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2022 · 419
  • Born in 2025323
  • All time5,653
  • England & Wales, 2025#373 · 115

How popular is Amayah?

Amayah ranks 841st among American girls in 2025, with 323 born that year. Its best year was 2022, when 419 babies were given the name, ranking 704th. The typical living American called Amayah is about 9 years old today. It is relatively most common in Massachusetts, where it accounts for 0.03% of births.

Names that sound like Amayah

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Alayah0.88
  2. Amiyah0.82
  3. Amaya0.78
  4. Amiah0.79
  5. Malayah0.79
  6. Alanah0.75
  7. Alannah0.73
  8. Azariah0.72

Middle names for Amayah

Ranked by flow score
  1. Amayah Eve0.80
  2. Amayah Elizabeth0.78
  3. Amayah Josephine0.78
  4. Amayah Rose0.77
  5. Amayah Louise0.77
  6. Amayah June0.76

Sibling names for Amayah

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Magnusbrother · 0.99
  2. Lachlanbrother · 0.99
  3. Elliannasister · 0.99
  4. Elinasister · 0.99
  5. Bodenbrother · 0.98
  6. Leilanysister · 0.98

Where Amayah is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state
  1. Massachusetts0.03%
  2. Mississippi0.03%
  3. Florida0.02%
  4. Minnesota0.02%
  5. Arizona0.02%

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Amayah White0.72
  2. Amayah Reyes0.72
  3. Amayah Nguyen0.72
  4. Amayah Moore0.72
  5. Amayah Lee0.72
  6. Amayah Green0.72

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Amayah

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. United States1880–2025
  2. England & Wales1996–2025
  3. Scotland1974–2020
  4. France1900–2025

Amayah across America

Share of 2025 births in each state. Darker means more common.
ME
WA
VT
NH
MT
ND
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
ID
SD
IA
IL
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
NV
WY
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
CA
UT
CO
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
AZ
NM
OK
LA
MS
AL
SC
AK
TX
GA
FL
HI
raremost common

Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.