Girls' name · since 1998
Amyah
3,303 babies named Amyah in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,389 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,242 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,303
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Amyah is the #3242 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 3,303 recorded since 1998.
Amyah has 3,303 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3242 as of the latest data, more common than 81% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- 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.
- #3,389 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,242 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,303 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amyah ranks #3,389 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,242 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,303 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #3,389 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,242 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,303
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Amyah's 3,303 recorded births place it above 95.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
29 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Amyah compares
3,303 Top 17% higher than 83% 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
Amyah's all-time total is 9x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Amyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,303 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 201 | 21 | 19,840 |
Amyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Amyah's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 9 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 201, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Amyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 201
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Amyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,433 births, 43% of the file).
2000s was Amyah's strongest decade.
1,433 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Amyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 43
1990s
43 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,433 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,387 births
- 2020s 440
2020s
440 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,433 births (43% of all-time use).
How Amyah 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 Amyah's total volume
Amyah by state
Where Amyah concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 224 | 6.8% |
| #2 | Florida | | 200 | 6.1% |
| #3 | California | | 193 | 5.8% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 188 | 5.7% |
| #5 | New York | | 143 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 140 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 131 | 4.0% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 128 | 3.9% |
224 of 3,303 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Amyah appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Amyah's data
- Amyah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (1,433 total births); usage has since declined to 440 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Amyahs (224 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Amyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
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 Amyah 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.