Amiyah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 1,189 babies a year in the US.
How Amiyah has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #305 |
| 2016 | #258 |
| 2017 | #266 |
| 2018 | #277 |
| 2019 | #297 |
| 2020 | #318 |
| 2021 | #358 |
| 2022 | #429 |
| 2023 | #466 |
| 2024 | #514 |
| 2025 | #620 |
Amiyah by the numbers
In 2025, 72 babies in England and Wales were named Amiyah. In the US, 1,189 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 1,231 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Amiyah
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 Amiyah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Aliyahexalted or ascent1,897 in the US (2017)
- Amirahprincess; noblewoman189 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aminahtrustworthy, honest, peaceful81 in England and Wales (2025)
- Asiyahone who tends, caretaker64 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aziyahgod is my strength; a modern respelling of Azariah74 in the US (2017)
- Afiyahrecovery; wellness; a form of Afya28 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Amiyah
Names that are said the same way as Amiyah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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