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Amya

100% girls · 92 born in 2025

Amya has been given to about 10,312 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2004, which makes it a millennial-parent name.

Meaning
Origin
Syllables2
Pronunciation
Nicknames
Living in the US≈ 10,248
Median age today18 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Amya per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & Waleseach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2004 · 717
  • Born in 202592
  • All time10,312

How popular is Amya?

Its best year was 2004, when 717 babies were given the name, ranking 423rd. The typical living American called Amya is about 18 years old today. It is relatively most common in Ohio, where it accounts for 0.01% of births.

Names that sound like Amya

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Amiya0.91
  2. Jamya0.85
  3. Amia0.84
  4. Arya0.81
  5. Anya0.81
  6. Amaya0.80
  7. Aya0.81
  8. Samiya0.77

Middle names for Amya

Ranked by flow score
  1. Amya Josephine0.84
  2. Amya Rose0.83
  3. Amya Louise0.83
  4. Amya June0.82
  5. Amya Pearl0.82
  6. Amya Quinn0.82

Sibling names for Amya

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Brayanbrother · 0.97
  2. Isabelasister · 0.95
  3. Laneysister · 0.94
  4. Estrellasister · 0.93
  5. Campbelleither · 0.93
  6. Jamaribrother · 0.92

Where Amya is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state
  1. Ohio0.01%
  2. Pennsylvania0.01%
  3. North Carolina0.01%
  4. New York0.00%
  5. Florida0.00%

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Amya White0.78
  2. Amya Reyes0.78
  3. Amya Nguyen0.78
  4. Amya Moore0.78
  5. Amya Lee0.78
  6. Amya Hill0.78

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 Amya

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. United States1880–2025
  2. England & Wales1996–2025

Amya 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.