Boys' name · since 2002

Amyas

Amyas has 122 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#16,089 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#9,355 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
122
born since 2002
2020s
peak decade

122 babies have been named Amyas since 2002, making it today's #9355 boys' name.

Amyas has 122 recorded births among boys since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9355 as of the latest data, more common than 33% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.

  • #16,089 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #9,355 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 122 born since 2002
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amyas ranks #16,089 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,355 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 122 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.

#16,089 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#9,355 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
122
born since 2002
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%32.8%
Amyas vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Amyas's 122 recorded births place it above 64.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

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

How Amyas compares

122 29th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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

Amyas's all-time total is 67% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Amyas Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 122 369 358,536
Peak-year births 21 34 22,252

Amyas's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Amyas splits its recorded history at 2017: 68% of all births land in the more recent half, 32% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2019 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Amyas popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2019)
21
Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
0510152025 20022004201320162019202120232025 8

Amyas by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (57 births, 47% of the file).

2020s was Amyas's strongest decade.

57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.

Amyas births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 57 births (47% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Amyas?
Amyas has been given to 122 babies in the U.S. since 2002, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #16,089 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Among boys in 2025, it is #9,355 of 13,930. 21 babies were born in 2019, its single highest year.
Where does Amyas sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amyas ranks #16,089 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,355 of 13,930 among boys' 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 Amyas most popular?
Amyas was most popular in the 2020s decade with 57 total births. The single peak year was 2019.
How long has the name Amyas been used?
Amyas has been recorded in Social Security data since 2002, spanning 24 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Amyas?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Amy, Amyr, Amyre, Amyis, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Amyas: 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, 2002–2025 (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 Amyas 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.