Girls' name · since 1994
Amiyah
Amiyah has 18,643 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,116 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #620 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 18,643
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Amiyah is the #620 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 18,643 recorded since 1994.
Amiyah has 18,643 recorded births among girls since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #620 as of the latest data, more common than 96% 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 1994 to 2025.
- #1,116 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #620 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 18,643 born since 1994
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amiyah ranks #1,116 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #620 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 18,643 born since 1994, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,116 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #620 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 18,643
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Amiyah's 18,643 recorded births place it above 98.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
45 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Amiyah compares
18,643 Top 7% higher than 93% 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
Amiyah's all-time total is 50x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Amiyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 18,643 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,238 | 21 | 19,840 |
Amiyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Amiyah's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 79% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 21%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1994, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 1,238, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Amiyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 1,238
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Amiyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (10,363 births, 56% of the file).
2010s was Amiyah's strongest decade.
10,363 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Amiyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 102
1990s
102 births
- 2000s 3,839
2000s
3,839 births
- 2010s
2010s
10,363 births
- 2020s
2020s
4,339 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 10,363 births (56% of all-time use).
How Amiyah 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 Amiyah's total volume
Amiyah by state
Where Amiyah concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,551 | 8.3% |
| #2 | Florida | | 1,340 | 7.2% |
| #3 | California | | 1,247 | 6.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 999 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 950 | 5.1% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 910 | 4.9% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 814 | 4.4% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 771 | 4.1% |
1,551 of 18,643 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 45 reporting states.
Amiyah appears in 45 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Amiyah's data
- Amiyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (10,363 total births) through the 2020s (4,339) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Amiyahs (1,551 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Amiyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1994–2025 (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 Amiyah 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.