Amayia — girls' name
217 babies named Amayia in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
217 girls have been named Amayia since 1999, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2021.
- 217
- total births
- 1999–2021
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
59% of everyone ever named Amayia was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Amayia in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Amayia
The Social Security Administration has registered 217 babies named Amayia between 1999 and 2021, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Amayia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Amayia performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 129 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Amayia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Amayia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 217 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Amayia at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Amayia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1999
- Peak year (2000)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
217 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 20 births in a single year.
Amayia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 129 births that decade — 59% of Amayia's all-time total
Amayia decade highlights
- Peak decade 129 births
- Runner-up 65 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Amayia's strongest decade
129 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1999–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.