Amyah — #2518 US girls' name
3,253 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.
More common than 86% of names given to girls today.
44% of everyone ever named Amyah was born in this single decade.
201 babies were named Amyah in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Amyah
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,253 babies named Amyah between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Amyah currently holds the #2518 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 201 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Amyah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,433 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Amyah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 224 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Amyah in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Amyah 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 3,253 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.
Amyah at a glance
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Current rank
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Amyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1998
- Peak year (2009)
- 201
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
Currently ranks #2518 among girls.
3,253 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 201 births in a single year.
Amyah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,433 births that decade — 44% of Amyah's all-time total
Amyah decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,433 births
- Runner-up 1,386 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Amyah's strongest decade
1,433 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Amyah by state
Where Amyah concentrates geographically — total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 224 | 6.9% |
| #2 | Florida | | 200 | 6.1% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 188 | 5.8% |
| #4 | California | | 187 | 5.7% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 140 | 4.3% |
| #6 | New York | | 138 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 130 | 4.0% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 128 | 3.9% |
224 of 3,253 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 6.9% of nationwide
- Florida 6.1% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.8% of nationwide
- California 5.7% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 29 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 6.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Amyah appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1998–2024 (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.