Amia
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 318 babies a year in the US.
How Amia has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #786 |
| 2016 | #795 |
| 2017 | #850 |
| 2018 | #962 |
Amia by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Amia. In the US, 318 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 396 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Amia
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Amia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ariamelody, air; lioness7,160 in the US (2017)
- Aminatrustworthy, faithful, peaceful238 in England and Wales (2025)
- Amiraprincess; female form of amir396 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aliaexalted, noble458 in the US (2017)
- Amaiathe end or finish251 in the US (2017)
- Aviafeminine form of avius, relating to birds or travel93 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Amia
Names that are said the same way as Amia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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