Girls' name · since 1998
Amayah
Amayah has 5,653 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,370 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #843 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,653
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Amayah currently ranks #843 among girls' names in America, with 5,653 babies recorded since 1998.
Amayah has 5,653 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #843 as of the latest data, more common than 95% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #2,370 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #843 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,653 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amayah ranks #2,370 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #843 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,653 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,370 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #843 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,653
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Amayah's 5,653 recorded births place it above 96.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
34 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Amayah compares
5,653 Top 13% higher than 87% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Amayah's all-time total is 15x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Amayah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,653 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 419 | 21 | 19,840 |
Amayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Amayah's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 74% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 26%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 419, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Amayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 419
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Amayah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,549 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Amayah's strongest decade.
2,549 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Amayah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 30
1990s
30 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,026 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,549 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,048 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,549 births (45% of all-time use).
How Amayah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Amayah's total volume
Amayah by state
Where Amayah concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 792 | 14.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 524 | 9.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 520 | 9.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 429 | 7.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 183 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 173 | 3.1% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 172 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 169 | 3.0% |
792 of 5,653 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 34 reporting states.
Amayah appears in 34 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Amayah's data
- Amayah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (2,549 total births) through the 2020s (2,048) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Amayahs (792 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Amayah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~27 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Amayah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.