Girls' name · since 2003

Amayiah

Since 2003, U.S. Social Security records show 270 babies named Amayiah, peaking in 2016. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#16,838 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#8,677 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
270
born since 2003
2010s
peak decade

Amayiah currently ranks #8677 among girls' names in America, with 270 babies recorded since 2003.

Social Security Administration records show Amayiah recorded 270 times among girls since 2003, holding rank #8677 nationally today, ahead of 50% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.

  • #16,838 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #8,677 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 270 born since 2003
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amayiah ranks #16,838 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,677 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 270 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.

#16,838 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#8,677 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
270
born since 2003
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%49.8%
Amayiah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Amayiah's 270 recorded births place it above 76.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Amayiah compares

270 43rd percentile among 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

Amayiah's all-time total is 28% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Amayiah Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 270 376 567,345
Peak-year births 22 21 19,840

Amayiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Amayiah's full recorded timeline at 2014, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2004, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Amayiah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2016)
22
Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
0510152025 200320062009201220152018202120242025 12

Amayiah by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (147 births, 54% of the file).

2010s was Amayiah's strongest decade.

147 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.

Amayiah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 147 births (54% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Amayiah?
270 babies have been named Amayiah since 2003. All-time, it sits at #16,838 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #8,677 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2016 with 22 births.
Where does Amayiah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amayiah ranks #16,838 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,677 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Amayiah most popular?
Amayiah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 147 total births. The single peak year was 2016.
How long has the name Amayiah been used?
The SSA has tracked Amayiah since 2003 -- 23 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Amayiah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Amanda, Amaya, Amara, Amari, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Amayiah's data

  • Amayiah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (147 total births) through the 2020s (66) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Amayiah

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Amayiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2003–2025 (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 Amayiah 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.