Amiya
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 380 babies a year in the US.
How Amiya has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #702 |
| 2016 | #730 |
| 2017 | #740 |
| 2018 | #804 |
| 2019 | #848 |
Amiya by the numbers
In 2025, 16 babies in England and Wales were named Amiya. In the US, 380 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 484 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Amiya
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 Amiya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Aminatrustworthy, faithful, peaceful238 in England and Wales (2025)
- Amiraprincess; female form of amir396 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ariyanoble; of noble birth124 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aliyaexalted, sublime80 in England and Wales (2025)
- Asiyaone who tends; caretaker92 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ameyaboundless or infinite18 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Amiya
Names that are said the same way as Amiya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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