Girls' name · since 2011

Amayla

Since 2011, U.S. Social Security records show 104 babies named Amayla, peaking in 2020. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#26,648 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#14,376 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
104
born since 2011
2010s
peak decade

104 babies have been named Amayla since 2011, making it today's #14376 girls' name.

Social Security Administration records show Amayla recorded 104 times among girls since 2011, holding rank #14376 nationally today, ahead of 17% 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 2011 to 2025.

  • #26,648 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #14,376 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 104 born since 2011
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amayla ranks #26,648 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,376 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 104 born since 2011, peaking in the 2010s.

#26,648 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#14,376 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
104
born since 2011
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%16.8%
Amayla vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Amayla's 104 recorded births place it above 63.02% 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 Amayla compares

104 25th 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

Amayla's all-time total is 72% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Amayla Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 104 376 567,345
Peak-year births 13 21 19,840

Amayla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Amayla splits its recorded history at 2019: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2011 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Amayla popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2020)
13
Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
468101214 2011201420172019202120232025 6

Amayla by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (54 births, 52% of the file).

2010s was Amayla's strongest decade.

54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.

Amayla births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 54 births (52% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Amayla?
Amayla has been given to 104 babies in the U.S. since 2011, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #26,648 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #14,376 of 17,297. 13 babies were born in 2020, its single highest year.
Where does Amayla sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amayla ranks #26,648 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,376 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 Amayla most popular?
Amayla was most popular in the 2010s decade with 54 total births. The single peak year was 2020.
How long has the name Amayla been used?
Records for Amayla go back to 2011, giving 15 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Amayla?
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 Amayla's data

  • Amayla's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (54 total births) through the 2020s (50) -- 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 Amayla

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Amayla: 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, 2011–2025 (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 Amayla 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.